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 ...

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 ...

“It is comparable to the smallest living cat, [at around] 1 kilogram [2.2 pounds].” The researchers identified the new species as a member of the genus Prionailurus—in other words, it was an ...