How to Use leopard cat in a Sentence

leopard cat

noun
  • People may have also welcomed ‘wild cats’ on their farms for pest control, while leopard cats are reflected in ancient Chinese art depicting felines with round spots.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
  • People benefited from the wild felines’ mouse-catching skills, while the cats had a ready supply of rodents to eat — but there was likely never any deliberate control over the leopard cat population.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The late arrival of domestic cats in China via the Silk Road after 3,500 years of human-leopard cat commensalism.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Feeding on resources from human environments would have also benefited the leopard cats, potentially initiating the process of domestication.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Known scientifically as Prionailurus bengalensis, or the leopard cat, its remains — found previously at seven archaeological sites in China — were identified in the new analysis.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The disappearance of leopard cats from human settlements coincided with the turbulent centuries between the fall of China’s Han dynasty in AD 220 and the rise of the Tang dynasty in AD 618, when a colder, drier period reduced agricultural output, disrupting the leopard cat’s niche, Luo said.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025

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