''Panthera uncia pyrenaica'', also known as the Arago snow leopard or as the European snow leopard, is a subspecies of
snow leopard that lived during the
Middle Pleistocene in southern
France.
It was originally interpreted as a leopard fossil, and given the name ''Panthera pardus tautavelensis'' in the Program/Guide book for 16th International Cave Bear and Lion Symposium; however, this name, since it was not formally published in a scientific journal, is considered a ''
nomen nudum
In taxonomy, a ''nomen nudum'' ('naked name'; plural ''nomina nuda'') is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate descr ...
''.
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Pleistocene carnivorans
Snow leopards
Prehistoric pantherines
Extinct animals of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 2022
Mammals described in 2022
Pleistocene mammals of Europe