Geology

Cursorial

Acinonyx jubatus

Pleistocene

Biology

Fauna

Embedded system

Paleontology

Predation

Geography

Ecology

Felis

Oryx

Sloth

Equus

CATS

Computer science

Taxon

Science

The discovery of abundant skeletal remains of Felis trumani from a late Pleistocene deposit in Wyoming shows that it was as highly modified for cursorial locomotion as the cheetah (Acinonyx). Several other Pleistocene felids that have been regarded as pumas seem to be related forms. The late Pleistocene fauna of the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming is dominated by cursorial taxa.

A Cheetah-Like Cat in the North American Pleistocene