The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of ...

The jaguar and leopard are members of the Panthera genus. They are part of the big cat family with tigers and lions. These ...

The area of the Masai Mara called Leopard Gorge is well named ... leopards are the smallest of the big cats within the genus Panthera (which includes lions, tigers and jaguars), but they are ...

Researchers in Egypt have found a 30-million-year-old skull of Bastetodon, revealing a powerful predator (Hyaenodonta).

This article also includes the clouded leopard, which belongs to the Neofelis genus. Many big cats are the apex predators where they live and have no predators themselves besides, as usual, humans.

Bastetodon, a leopard-sized animal with powerful jaws and sharp teeth, was named after Bastet, the Egyptian cat-headed ...