Name
Acinonyx pardinensis.
Phonetic
Ah-se-non-ix par-den-sis.
Named By
Brookes - 1828.
Classification
Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae, Acinonyx.
Diet
Carnivore.
Species
Size
Roughly about 90 centimetres high at the shoulder. Body length about 200 centimetres long, tail and additional 140 centimetres in length.
Known locations
Across Europe, Asia and Africa with fossils located in Austria, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Tajikistan and Tanzania.
Time Period
End of the Pliocene/Early Pleistocene through to the Holocene.
Fossil representation
Remains of many individuals revealing most of the skull and skeleton.
- Acinonyx pardinensis (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Early Pleistocene of Pantalla (Italy): predatory behavior and ecological role of the giant Plio-Pleistocene cheetah. - Quarternary Science Reviews 87 82-97 - Marco Cherin, Dawid Adam Iurino, Raffaele Sardella & Lorenzo Rool - 2014.
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