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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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(09-09-2018, 03:23 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:
(09-09-2018, 12:13 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote:
(09-09-2018, 12:08 AM)GuateGojira Wrote: In fact, Spelaea-atrox, leo and pardus do share a common ancestor in Africa. It is plausible that the ancestor was close in size and form to the modern leopard.

Do you think this basal ancestor should also include the jaguar and leopard?

Then the Spelaea-atrox group shouldn't be considered as lion anymore, as they were just as "lion" as the jaguar and leopard.

But @tigerluver still has the inclination to consider them as the close relatives of the modern lions, maybe they split with the modern lions much later after the formation of the jaguar and leopard.

Spelaea-atrox are not lions, they are related with modern leo but are not lions stricto sensu. Leopards do evolved about the same time that this large cats split or maybe alittle earlier, as far I remember, but in the case of jaguars I remember that they evolved in the forests of Europa and latter they traveled to America.


For example, the animals like gorilla and clouded leopard all have twin species, could this be the case for the Pleistocene lion and Afro-Asiatic lion?

The Mainland clouded leopard and Sunda clouded leopard had been diverged over 1.6 million years, yet both species are still considered as clouded leopard, and same case for the eastern gorilla and western gorilla.
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RE: Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines - GrizzlyClaws - 09-09-2018, 03:45 AM
Sabertoothed Cats - brotherbear - 06-11-2016, 11:59 AM
RE: Sabertoothed Cats - peter - 06-11-2016, 04:28 PM
Ancient Jaguar - brotherbear - 01-04-2018, 12:45 AM



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