Proailurus
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) + αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”).
Proper noun
†Proailurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – a cat- or civet-like animal that lived 34-20 million years ago.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Feliformia – suborder; Felidae – family; †Proailurinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): †Proailurus lemanensis - sole accepted species
References
Proailurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Proailurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Proailurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Proailurus at Paleobiology Database
