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"Exactly when the story of the cats began depends on what qualifies as a cat,
which is controversial. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that early cats
lived in forests, where fossils rarely form, and there are few remains of the
middle ear bones that distinguish Carnivore families from each other."
-- Chapter Two: Sharpening the Tooth page 43
A short version on the evolution of felids, based on The Velvet Claw by
David Macdonald, head of Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research
Unit, and Chairman of IUCN's Survival Service Commission Canid Specialist Group.
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