Panthera shawi
| Panthera shawi Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Panthera |
| Species: | †P. shawi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Panthera shawi (Broom, 1948)
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Panthera shawi is an extinct prehistoric big cat, of which a single canine tooth was excavated in Sterkfontein cave in South Africa by Robert Broom in the 1940s. It is thought to be one of the oldest known Panthera species in Africa.