"This cat is clearly smaller than a domestic cat. It is comparable to the smallest living cat, [at around] 1 kilogram [2.2 pounds]," lead author Qigao Jiangzuo, told Live Science .

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 ...