Nachweis des Jaguars (Panthera onca gombaszoegensis) aus dem späten Unter- oder frühen Mittelpleistozän der Niederlande

1997 is identified as a presumably female jaguar, Panthera onca gombaszoegensis, on the base of morphological and metrical comparison with the felid genera potentially to be expected. The mandibular shape and the length of the diastema are consistent with those features of the early Middle Pleistocene European jaguar type, associating the specimen with the late Lower Pleistocene or early Middle Pleistocene fauna Maasvlakte I. It fits into the known distribution of P. onca gombaszoegensis of the Lower Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene boundary from the Iberian Peninsula to Middle Asia. The accompanying Maasvlakte fauna underlines the generally aquatic affinity also in the jaguars of the Old World Pleistocene.