CHEETAH - NATIVE-AMERICAN

被引：34

作者：

ADAMS, DB

机构：

[1] Department of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley

来源：

SCIENCE | 1979年 / 205卷 / 4411期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.205.4411.1155

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Two North American fossil species of large felids, hitherto regarded as Late Cenozoic pumas (mountain lion), are in fact closely related to the living cheetah, Acinonyx, of Africa and Eurasia. A new subgenus (Miracinonyx) is proposed for the American species. Cheetahs and pumas may have had a common ancestor in the Miocene of North America. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.

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页码：1155 / 1158

页数：4