Martelli's cat
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| Martelli's cat | |
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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 (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.
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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