Felinae

Japanese: Felinae
Felinae

...This hunting method was very successful, and around 3 million years ago, from the end of the Tertiary Period to the beginning of the Quaternary Period, some of the macaerosids were as large as modern lions. The modern cat subfamily Felinae branched off from the Nimraphiinae in the middle Miocene Epoch, around 15 million years ago, a little later than the macaerosids. The feline hunting method of killing prey by severing their spinal cords was not as efficient as the dagger-like canines of the saber-toothed cat at first, and so it did not thrive.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Felinae" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この狩りの方法はおおいに成功し,300万年前ころの第三紀末から第四紀初頭にかけては,マカエロズス類の中から現生のライオンに劣らぬほどの大型種も出現した。 マカエロズス類にひと足遅れて現生のネコ亜科Felinaeは,1500万年前ころの中新世中期にニムラブス亜科より分岐した。ネコ亜科の動物の獲物の脊髄を切断して殺す狩りの方法は,初めのうちは剣歯虎の短剣状の犬歯の能率に及ばなかったとみえ,あまり繁栄しなかった。…

※「Felinae」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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