title: Cephalopagus conjoined twins in a leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis).
abstract: Case reports of conjoined twins ("Siamese twins") in wild mammals are scarce. Most published reports of conjoined twins in mammals concern cases in man and domestic mammals. This article describes a case of cephalopagus conjoined twins in a leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) collected on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, in the period 1873-76. A review of known cases of conjoined twinning in wild mammals is given.
authors.affiliation: Natural History Museum Rotterdam, PO Box 23452, 3001 KL Rotterdam, The Netherlands. e.j.o.kompanje@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Erwin J O
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kompanje
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hermans
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000002:abnormalities; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D046009:Panthera; D011247:Pregnancy; D014428:Twins, Conjoined