| Namafelis Temporal range: Late Burdigalian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | †Namafelis Morales et al., 2003 |
| Type species | |
| †Namafelis minor Morales et al., 1998
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Namafelis is an extinct genus of felids that lived in what is now Namibia during the Early Miocene. It contains a single species, Namafelis minor.[1] Closely related to Diamantofelis,[2] it is of “Pseudaelurus-grade”,[3] and therefore a rather basal member of the cat family.
- ^ Morales, J.; Pickford, M.; Fraile, S.; Salesa, M. J.; Soria, D. (2003). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Arrisdrift, early Middle Miocene of southern Namibia". Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 19: 177–194.
- ^ Werdelin, Lars (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520257214.
- ^ Werdelin, Lars (2012). "A new genus and species of Felidae (Mammalia) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, with notes on early Felidae of Africa". Estudios Geológicos.