Pseudaelurus

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Pseudaelurus | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | ordo = Carnivora | familia = Felidae | genus = Pseudaelurus }}

Pseudaelurus is a prehistoric cat that lived in Europe and North America approximately 20-10 million years ago. It is an ancestor of today's domestic and big cats and a successor to Proailurus.

Pseudaelurus was approximately the size of a cougar by the time it died out.

See also: Felidae.