Sivaelurus

Sivaelurus Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
The holotype of Sivaelurus chinjiensis as depicted by Pilgrim (1915).
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	†Sivaelurus Pilgrim, 1913
Type species
†Sivaelurus chinjiensis (Pilgrim, 1910)
Chinji locality Show map of Punjab, Pakistan Chinji locality Show map of Pakistan
Map showing the location of the Chinji locality in Punjab, Pakistan.
Synonyms
S. chinjiensis Pseudaelurus chinjiensis Pilgrim, 1910 Aeluropsis chinjiensis (Pilgrim, 1910) sensu Matthew, 1929

Sivaelurus is a fossil genus of felid containing only a single species, S. chinjiensis, which was described based on a partial right maxilla collected from the Chinji Formation in the Lower Siwaliks. The species was originally described by Guy Ellcock Pilgrim as Pseudaelurus chinjiensis in 1910, who later erected a new genus, Sivaelurus, for it in 1913.