Martelli's cat
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Martelli's cat (Felis lunensis) is a small wild cat in the Felinae subfamily. It used to live in Europe. It is extinct now. That means there are no Martelli's cats alive now.
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| A bone from the jaw of a Martelli's cat. | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Felis |
| Species: | F. lunensis
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| Felis lunensis | |
Martelli's cat first lived about 12 million years ago. This was during the Pliocene era. It was bigger than most wildcats. It hunted birds and small mammals.[1]
Some scientists think that the modern wildcat (Felis silvestris) evolved from Martelli's cat.[2]
References
- ↑ Alexandra Powe Allred. Cats' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Mysterious Mousers, Talented Tabbies, and Feline Oddities (May 14, 2014)Potomac Books. ISBN 9781612342931. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ↑ Nobuyuki Yamaguchi. Craniological differentiation between European wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris), African wildcats (F. s. lybica) and Asian wildcats (F. s. ornata): implications for their evolution and conservation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83 (1) (September 2004). p. 47–63. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00372.x. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
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