Iriomote Cat – Living Fossils
The Iriomote Cat is a subspecies the Leopard Cat that lives only on the island of Iriomote, a little island off the coast of Japan. The species was first discovered in 1967. Although its relative, the Leopard Cat, is not on the endangered species list (yet), the Iriomote Cat is critically endangered; there being less than 200 in the wild making it one of the worlds rarest and most endangered species.
