A number of animals confined to only certain places in the world have historically been known to be much more widespread than today. Most people probably don’t even know that Cheetahs once had a range stretching from Africa to as far as central Asia
https://www.livescience.com/animals/cats/ancient-mummified-cheetahs-discovered-in-saudi-arabia-contain-preserved-dna-from-the-long-lost-population?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=Animals
