For the first time in West Bengal, forest department trap cameras have spotted a rare species of rusty spotted cat at Kotshila forests in Purulia district.

A cat that looks more like a kitten, covered in a fawn coat with rusty brown spots on its back and an unmarked tail, was ...

Weighing a mere 900 grams, the rusty-spotted cat, which is world's smallest cat, appeared in front of one of 7 camera traps ...

As Sardar KM Panikkar explained, India’s land-based invaders ultimately became natives. Its colonisers came by the sea—and they were successful because Indian rulers ignored the waters.

Bengal has discovered the world's smallest and lightest wild cat, the rusty-spotted cat, in its Purulia district. This ...

This ancient leopard cat dates back 300,000 years and offers unique insights into the environment, wildlife diversity, and human activity of prehistoric East Asia. With its size rivaling the smallest ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the smallest cat species ever to roam the Earth. They found a lower jaw and two teeth from a palm-sized feline in the Hualongdong Cave, China. The researchers believe ...

This diminutive size raises intriguing questions about its lifestyle, hunting habits, and ecological role. The discovery of this tiny cat species provides valuable insights into the evolutionary ...

The discovered Prionailurus kurteni weighed about 1 kg. The smallest of the living cats are the black-footed cat (Felis nigripes) and the rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus), ranging in size ...

A brand new species of cat has been found in a fossil from a cave in China. Reportedly small enough to have fit in the palm of your hand, the cat – named Prionailurus kurteni – is thought to have ...

Its size rivals that of the smallest modern cats, such as the black-footed cat or the rusty-spotted cat. The Prionailurus kurteni is an extinct species of leopard cat, much smaller than modern ...

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 ...