Acinonyx aicha is an extinct felid species belonging to the genus Acinonyx. It was first described in 1997 based on fossils from the Pliocene of Morocco.[1]

Acinonyx aicha
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Acinonyx
Species:
A. aicha
Binomial name
Acinonyx aicha
Geraads, 1997

References edit

  1. ^ Geraads, D. (1997). "Carnivores du Pliocène terminalde Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc)" [Terminal Pliocene carnivores from Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Morocco)]. Geobios (in French). 30 (1): 127–164. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(97)80263-x.