Parailurus
| Parailurus Temporal range:
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| Left upper first molar fragment (UCMP 77039) referred to P. cf. P. anglicus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ailuridae |
| Subfamily: | Ailurinae |
| Genus: | †Parailurus Schlosser, 1899 |
| Type species | |
| †Ailurus anglicus Dawkins, 1888
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Parailurus is a genus of extinct carnivoran mammal in the family Ailuridae. It was about 50% larger than Ailurus (red panda) and lived in the Early to Late Pliocene, and its fossils have been found in Europe, Asia and North America.