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Thus, rapid morphological diversification and a fairly plastic skull have been identified as two key components that facilitated the emergence of elongated upper canines in both felids and nimravids.

That allowed him to use statistics to infer which eye colors were likely present in the cats that gave rise to all living felids, a method known as ancestral state reconstruction.

T. gondii, a single-celled parasite, only reproduces in domesticated cats and other felids.

Lions hunting in daylight near homes is out of the ordinary and not desirable, but the large felids’ presence low in the Gros Ventre Range foothills this time of year is natural.

The program also accepts genomes of wild felids, including lions and tigers.