Panthera onca augusta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
| Genus: | Panthera |
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| Subspecies: | †P. o. augusta
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| †Panthera onca augusta Leidy, 1872
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Panthera onca augusta, commonly known as the Pleistocene North American jaguar or simply giant jaguar, is an extinct subspecies of the jaguar that was endemic to North and South America during the Pleistocene epoch (1.8 mya–11,000 years ago).[1]
Morphology
Two specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass. The first specimen was estimated to have a weight of 34.9 kg (77 lb). The second was estimated to have a weight of 97 kg (210 lb).[2]
Fossil distribution
Fossils have been uncovered from Cueva del Milodon, Chile, Piaui, Brazil, and north to Adams County, Washington,[3] Fentress County, Tennessee,[4] Franklin County, Tennessee,[5] Hamilton County, Tennessee,[6] Monroe County, Tennessee,[7] and Van Buren County, Tennessee.[8]
See also
- Pleistocene South American jaguar, P. onca mesembrina
- European jaguar, P. gombaszoegensis, or P. onca gombaszoegensis
- North American jaguar
- South American jaguar
- Panthera toscana
References
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Panthera onca augusta, basic info
- ^ "Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia)". Historical Biology. 1 (1): 85–98. 1988. doi:10.1080/08912968809386468.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ "Paleobiology Database: Panthera onca mesembrina, collections".
- ^ "Prehistoric Footprints in Jaguar Cave, Tennessee". Journal of Field Archaeology. 30: 25–43. 2005. doi:10.1179/009346905791072440.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ McCrady, Edward; et al. (1951). "New finds of Pleistocene jaguar skeletons from Tennessee caves". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 101 (3287): 497–512.
- ^ "A recent find of jaguar bones in a Tennessee cave" (PDF). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science. 36 (1): 81–85. 1961.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ "Discovery of jaguar bones and footprints in a cave in Tennessee". American Museum Novitates. 1131: 1–27. 1941.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ "Big Bone Cave Class II Natural-Scientific State Natural Area". TDEC. Tennessee government: Division of Natural Areas. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
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