Cassatt-Johnstone et al. demonstrate using paleo genomics that the extinct "American cheetah" was not a cheetah, but more like a generalist puma. Some ate a lot of fish!
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Range and diet diversity in the Pleistocene American “cheetah,” Miracinonyx trumani
Cassatt-Johnstone et al. use paleogenomics to show that extinct American cheetahs
were most closely related to pumas, not cheetahs. These cats ranged far into the Arctic
and exploited aquatic prey, th...