Parailurus baikalicus

Parailurus baikalicus is an extinct red panda relative of the family Ailuridae, one of the species of the fossil genus Parailurus, which lived in the Pliocene. It was described in 2008 from fossils found in the Transbaikal region of Russia. Its lower molars are low crowned and the main cusps of its cheek teeth are worn horizontally, which suggests that it was folivorous and commonly ate leaves, in contrast to the type species Parailurus anglicus, whose teeth point to an omnivorous diet. The genus as a whole was about half again as large as the living red panda and its fossils are known from Europe, Asia and North America, while specimens from Japan are referred to the genus without a species name.