Prionailurus bengalensis is a small wild cat of South and East Asia. By CHANG,Yun-Hsin - http://blog.illustraciencia.cat/2015/04/prionailurus-bengalensis-chang-yun ...
The P50 banknote highlights the endemic subspecies and vulnerable Visayan leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis rabori), found on the islands of Panay, Negros, and Cebu. The elusive cat embodies ...
Breed historians generally agree the Turkish van likely originated from the regions of eastern Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and western Central Asia. Typically, this breed features a striking white, medium ...
The Hualongdong site in Anhui Province, China, has unveiled a tiny yet groundbreaking fossil discovery—Prionailurus kurteni, the smallest known extinct feline species. This ancient leopard cat ...
A new species of cat, Prionailurus kurteni, was discovered in a cave in Hualong Cave, Anhui Province, eastern China. It was thought to have been small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.
The researchers identified the new species as a member of the genus Prionailurus—in other words, it was an ancient leopard cat, a type of small wild cat that’s still native to parts of Asia.
The pocket-size feline is a newfound species, Prionailurus kurteni, which the scientists described in a study published Nov. 19, 2024 in the journal Annales Zoologici Fennici. The researchers ...