Scientists identified the tiny species of cat from a fossilized jawbone, which could date back as far as 300,000 years ago.

The newly identified species is part of the leopard cat genus Prionailurus, a family of wild cats that still exists today in South Asia. While most modern-day leopard cats are closer in size to ...

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Scientists placed the extinct species, which may date back more than 300,000 years, in the same genus as modern leopard cats in Asia Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent A baby rusty-spotted cat ...