Talk:Miracinonyx

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[edit] DNA reveals closest relative

According to The Independent, we now have DNA evidence that the Miracinonyx's closest living relative is in fact the Puma, and that their MRCA lived about thee million years ago, both descended from a "puma-like cat" that entered North America around six million years ago. See http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article304652.ece — B.Bryant 11:33, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

A better information about the same subject (I think is the original source, since the Independent Article now is payed), It's at:

http://abc.zoo.ox.ac.uk/Papers/currbiol05_cats.pdf

Camahuetos 01:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)