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  • New Study: DNA From Wyoming's Prehistoric Cat Could Save Cheetahs, Lions, Tigers

    09/08/2026 7:28:40 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 6 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | September 05, 2026 | Andrew Rossi
    A new study, "Range and diet diversity in the Pleistocene American 'cheetah,' Miracinonyx trumani," was published in the scientific journal Current Biology on Friday. Using the tiniest of bones, including some found in Wyoming's Natural Trap Cave, the diet and DNA of the American cheetah-like cat have been revealed in astonishing detail... "It's actually most closely related to the living mountain lion, and those are both sister species most closely related to the jaguarundi," she said. "The three of them together are distantly related to modern cheetah."... Some of the best Late Pleistocene specimens [various species] ever found have come...