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Tag: Proailurus

  • Cataptability – did cats ability to adapt save it from extinction?

    Cataptability – did cats ability to adapt save it from extinction?

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    When Proailurus walked the earth the world would have been a very different place to what we have today. The time is around 25 million years ago and the widely accepted last common ancestor of all of today’s cat family roamed the forests of Eurasia. At this time, during the late Oligocene and Miocene period, it’s environment was most likely warm, humid and…

  • Missing cats – Why there are no Wild cats in Australia.

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    A question we are often asked at FELIS is, “Why are there no wild cats in Australia?”.  It’s an interesting question and we will attempt to explain the reasons for this and try to demonstrate how we know. Oi! Stop yawning – this is interesting… That’s better… To begin to explain the lack of  wild…

  • FELIS – Small cat lineages

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    All cats, large & small are thought to have evolved from Proailurus (meaning “before the cat”), a prehistoric cat that lived in Eurasia in the Late Oligocene and Miocene periods, approximately 25 million years ago. It is thought these cats were a little larger than  today’s domestic cats, weighed roughly 20 lbs and were largely…