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The Population Origins and Expansion of Feral Cats in Australia.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Mar 2016

Spencer Peter B S, Yurchenko Andrey A, David Victor A, Scott Rachael, Koepfli Klaus-Peter, Driscoll Carlos, O'Brien Stephen J, Menotti-Raymond Marilyn

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The historical literature suggests that in Australia, the domestic cat (Felis catus) had a European origin [~200 years before present (ybp)], but it is unclear if cats arrived from across the Asian land bridge contemporaneously with the dingo (4000 ybp), or perhaps immigrated ~40000 ybp in association with Aboriginal settlement from Asia. The origin of cats in Australia is important because the continent has a...

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PMID: 26647063
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv095
PMCID: PMC4757960

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