Therefore, the highly significant similarity of the five Chinese archaeological mandibles with modern P . bengalensis , strongly support their taxonomic identification as leopard cat—more precisely the north central Chinese subspecies, P . b . bengalensis —still extant in Shaanxi and Henan Provinces.
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Earliest "Domestic" Cats in China Identified as Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis).
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