Miracinonyx studeri Savage 1960 (American cheetah)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Alternative combinations: Acinonyx (Miracinonyx) studeri, Acinonyx studeri, Felis studeri

Full reference: D. E. Savage. 1960. A survey of various late Cenozoic vertebrate faunas of the Panhandle of Texas. Part 3, Felidae. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 36(6):317-343

Belongs to Miracinonyx according to J. Alroy 2002

See also Adams 1979, Carranza-Castaneda and Miller 1996, Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Morgan and Seymour 1997, Savage 1960 and Van Valkenburgh et al. 1990

Sister taxa: Miracinonyx inexpectatus, Miracinonyx trumani

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (4: Arkansas, California, Texas, Wyoming collections)

• Blancan of Mexico (2), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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