Parailurus tedfordi is an extinct member of the red panda family Ailuridae, described in 2022 by Wallace and Lyon, who named the tribe Pristinailurini in the same year. It is one of the species of Parailurus, a genus of extinct carnivorans that lived in the Pliocene and whose fossils have been found in Europe, Asia and North America, the others being the type species P. anglicus and P. baikalicus. The English Wikipedia article on the genus gives its size as about 50 percent larger than the red panda, Ailurus, a comparison made for the genus as a whole. The Paleobiology Database holds a taxon record for the species but lists no fossil occurrences.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Parailurus (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Parailurus tedfordi
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, extant status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Taxon record, extinction as conservation status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Ecospace record, environment
"taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
Taxon record, diet (carnivore)
"diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
Taxon record, diet (omnivore)
"diet": "carnivore, omnivore"
View the Source 2. Parailurus (Wikipedia)
Lead, genus size compared with the red panda
It was about 50% larger than Ailurus (red panda)
In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Lead, genus classification
Parailurus is a genus of extinct carnivoran mammal in the family Ailuridae.
Child Taxon Of: Ailuridae, Lead, ailurid family placement
Parailurus is a genus of extinct carnivoran mammal in the family Ailuridae.
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