Correction for “The Japanese Archipelago sheltered cave lions, not tigers, during the Late Pleistocene,” by Xin Sun, Lanhui Peng, Takumi Tsutaya, Qigao Jiangzuo, Yoshikazu Hasegawa, Yuxin Hou, Yu Han, Yan Zhuang, Jazmin Ramos Madrigal, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Meaghan Mackie, Gaudry Trochė, Jesper V. Olsen, Enrico Cappellini, Stephen J. O’Brien, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, and Shu-Jin Luo, which published January 26, 2026; 10.1073/pnas.2523901123 (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123, e2523901123).
The authors note that Nuno Filipe Gomes Martins should be added to the author list between Yan Zhuang and before Jazmin Ramos Madrigal. Dr. Martins should be credited with the contribution “performed research.” The corrected author line, affiliation line, and author contributions appear below. The online version has been corrected.
Additionally, the authors note that the following statement should be added to the Acknowledgments: “We would like to thank Peter Rask Møller and Daniel Klingberg Johansson for providing control samples used in the proteomic analyses.” The online version has been corrected.
Last, the authors note that the BioProject hyperlink associated with the accession number PRJNA1285403 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PRJNA1285403) should instead be linked as (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1285403/). The online version has been corrected.
Xin Suna,b,1, Lanhui Penga,1, Takumi Tsutayac,d,1, Qigao Jiangzuoe, Yoshikazu Hasegawaf,g, Yuxin Houa,2, Yu Hana, Yan Zhuanga, Nuno Filipe Gomes Martinsb, Jazmin Ramos Madrigalb, Alberto J. Taurozzic, Meaghan Mackiec,h,3,4, Gaudry Trochėc,h, Jesper V. Olsenh, Enrico Cappellinic, Stephen J. O’Brieni,5, M. Thomas P. Gilbertb,j,5, Nobuyuki Yamaguchik,l,5, and Shu-Jin Luoa,5
Author affiliations: aThe State Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Modulation Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Institute of Ecology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; bCenter for Evolutionary Hologenomics, The Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 1353, Denmark; cCenter for GeoGenetics, The Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 1350, Denmark; dResearch Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan; eKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China; fIida City Museum, Iida, Nagano 395-0034, Japan; gGunma Museum of Natural History, Tomioka, Gunma 370-2345, Japan; hNovo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark; iGuy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314; jUniversity Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim 7491, Norway; kWildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3EL, United Kingdom; and lDepartment of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest 1088, Hungary
Author contributions: Y. Hasegawa, S.J.O., M.T.P.G., N.Y., and S.-J.L. designed research; X.S., L.P., T.T., Y. Hou, Y. Han, Y.Z., N.F.G.M., J.R.M., A.J.T., M.M., G.T., J.V.O., E.C., N.Y., and S.-J.L. performed research; Q.J. and Y. Hasegawa contributed new reagents/analytic tools; X.S.,L.P., T.T., Y. Hou, J.R.M., A.J.T., M.M., and S.-J.L. analyzed data; and X.S., L.P., T.T., S.J.O.,M.T.P.G., N.Y., and S.-J.L. wrote the paper.