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Imaizumi, Y.
On tracks of the Iriomote cat
1977  Book Chapter

A new species of wild cat was discovered in 1964 on Iriomotejima Island in the Ryukyu group. The new cat appeared to be the most primitive member of the cat family. But how many of them were there? There could not have been very many because their island home only measures some nineteen by thirteen miles.

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