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| Imaizumi, Y. | |
| A new genus and species of cat from Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands | |
| 1967 Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan (3): 74-105 | |
No wild species of Carnivora had been known from Iriomote till Mr. Yukio Togawa, a famous naturalist in Japan, obtained two raw skins and the skull of a curious wild cat while visiting this island in the winter of 1965. After that the skin and a nearly complete skeleton of an adult male, the skull of another adult of unknown sex, and an immature skull were collected by him during his second expedition to the island in June and July 1963. In 1966, two more skulls were collected by a Tokyo University of Agriculture expedition. The author had an opportunity to study all of these specimens at the same time. They have a combination of several distinct characters in common by which they are easily distinguished from the known species and genera of Felidae. Therefore they seem to establish a new genus and species as follows |
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