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Prionailurus viverrinus Bennett 1833 (fishing cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 224057

Alternative combination: Felis viverrina

Belongs to Prionailurus according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Prionailurus bengalensis, Prionailurus javanensis, Prionailurus planiceps, Prionailurus rubiginosus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 138.9, humerus length 114.8, radius length 100.4, tibia length 132.1, ulna length 107.3

Estimated body mass: 7.10 kg based on femur length, humerus length, tibia length, and ulna length