Namafelis

Namafelis
Temporal range: Late Burdigalian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: †Namafelis
Morales et al., 2003
Type species
†Namafelis minor
Morales et al., 1998

Namafelis is an extinct genus of felids that lived in what is now Namibia during the Early Miocene. It contains a single species, Namafelis minor. Closely related to Diamantofelis, it is of "Pseudaelurus-grade", and therefore a rather basal member of the cat family.

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