''Acinonyx intermedius'' is a fossil species of

felid Felidae ( ) is the Family (biology), family of mammals in the Order (biology), order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is also called a felid ( ). The 41 extant taxon, extant Felidae species exhibit the gre ...

belonging to the cheetah genus ''

Acinonyx ''Acinonyx'' is a genus within the Felidae family. The only living species of the genus, the cheetah (''A. jubatus''), lives in open grasslands of Africa and Asia. Several fossil remains of cheetah-like cats were excavated that date to the lat ...

.'' It has been found in Olduvai, Tanzania and in cave sites in

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. It was described by paleontologist Thenius in 1954. It is sometimes considered part of '' Acinonyx pardinensis'' (where that species is considered a macrospecies) as ''A. p. intermedius''.

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intermedius The vastus intermedius () (Cruraeus) arises from the front and lateral surfaces of the body of the femur in its upper two-thirds, sitting under the rectus femoris muscle and from the lower part of the lateral intermuscular septum. Its fibers end ...

Prehistoric felines Fossil taxa described in 1954 {{Paleo-carnivora-stub