Panthera onca augustus Leidy, 1872
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Felis augustus Leidy, 1872; Panthera onca augusta Leidy, 1872; Panthera (Jaguarius) augusta Leidy, 1872; Uncia augusta Leidy, 1872; Felis veronis Hay, 1919
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene
Distribution
Mexico & USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Leidy, J. (1872). Remarks on some extinct vertebrates. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1872, pp. 38-40.
Other references:
Hay, O. P. (1919). Description of some mammalian and fish remains from Florda, probably of Pleistocene age. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., LVI, pp. 103-112.
Damien Ruiz-Ramoni; Marisol Montellano-Ballesteros; Joaquín Arroyo-Cabrales; Arturo Caso; Sasha Carvajal-Villarreal (2019). The large jaguar that lived in the past of Mexico: a forgotten fossil. Therya 11(1): 33-40. doi:10.12933/therya-20-821
Simpson, George Gaylord. (1941). Large Pleistocene felines of North America. American Museum Novitates 1136: 1-27.