About the Authors

Jumpei Tomiyasu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

j.tomiyasu@gmail.com

Affiliation Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Mimi Arakaki

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Tetsuhito Kigata

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Akio Iwashita

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tsushima leopard cat Wild Acclimatization Station, Tsushima, Nagasaki, Japan

Wataru Tonomori

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, Department of Geology and Paleontology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan, Ashoro Museum of Paleontology, Ashoro, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.