The issue is that domestic cats are descended from the Middle Eastern wildcat and Scottish wildcats have ... the Conservation of Nature which will outline what more can be done to protect the ...

As NatureScot tells us: “The Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris) is one of our most elusive carnivores and the only native member of the cat family still found in the wild in Britain.

Disease and loss of habitat were also said to be big risks to the Scottish wildcat population. While they may look like a house cat, the genetic make-up of a wildcat is very different to that of a ...

Scottish wildcats look like larger, more muscular versions of the domestic tabby cat; they have a club-like tail and a thick-set body. The wildcat is perfectly adapted to its environment and is a ...

A rare wildcat spotted on a Scottish island could have swum there, an expert has said. The animal was photographed last week by holidaymaker Peter Harris on Mull in the Inner Hebrides, about a mile ...

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It was recorded by a camera trap in Clashindarroch Forest and is estimated to measure 4ft from nose to tail, making it around one foot larger than an average Scottish wildcat. The footage was ...

Scottish wildcats, the U.K.’s only remaining ... daily schedule and peace. A wildcat will only attack something it’s hunting, or something that it feel is hunting it. When threatened their ...

The Scottish wildcat, Felis silvestris, is the UK’s only surviving native cat species, but also its rarest and most threatened mammal. Once found all across the country, it has almost completely ...

The issue is that domestic cats are descended from the Middle Eastern wildcat and Scottish wildcats have ... the Conservation of Nature which will outline what more can be done to protect the ...