Pseudaelurus is a successor to an extinct carnivoran felid that lived in Europe and Asia how long ago?
Pseudaelurus Pseudaelurus is a prehistoric cat that lived in Europe, Asia and North America in the Miocene between approximately 20 to 8 million years ago. It is an ancestor of today's felines and pantherines as well as the extinct machairodont saber-tooths, and is a successor to "Proailurus". It originated from Eurasia and was the first felid to reach North America, when it entered the continent at about 18.5 Ma ending a 'cat-gap' of 7 million years. The slender proportions of the animal, together with its short, viverrid-like legs, suggest that it may have been an agile climber of trees.
Cave lynx The cave lynx or Mediterranean cave lynx ("Lynx spelaeus" or "Lynx pardinus spelaeus") is an extinct felid species that lived during the Pleistocene. It is controversially discussed to be a subspecies of the modern Iberian lynx ("Lynx pardinus") and to be a junior synonym of this species.