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Research overview: Miracinonyx, the American cheetah-like cat
OverviewThe extinct American cheetah of the genus Miracinonyx superficially resembled the living cheetah, with adaptations for fast pursuit of swift prey such as the pronghorn. This overview surveys genetic a…
Research overview: biogeography of the cheetah lineage across continents
OverviewThis overview examines the evolutionary geography of the cheetah lineage and its New World relatives. Molecular and fossil evidence indicate that the cheetah-puma group has a complex transatlantic his…
Research overview: convergence and the puma affinity of Miracinonyx
OverviewThis overview examines the evolutionary relationships of Miracinonyx and the now well-supported conclusion that its cheetah-like form arose through convergence rather than common ancestry with the tru…
Research overview: the fossil record of the puma lineage in the Americas
OverviewThis overview surveys the fossil history of the puma lineage, the New World group that includes the living puma and jaguarundi and is closely tied to the extinct American cheetah-like cat Miracinonyx.…
Research overview: the puma lineage uniting puma, jaguarundi and cheetah
OverviewOne of the most counterintuitive results of felid molecular phylogenetics was that the cheetah, long treated as a unique outlier, belongs to a New World puma lineage alongside the puma and the jaguaru…