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Ecology and genetics of wild‐living cats in the north‐east of Scotland and the implications for the conservation of the wildcat

2001-02-01

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1 The wildcat is considered to be threatened by interbreeding with the domestic cat. As a result of interbreeding the definition of a wildcat in Scotland is contentious. Many authors consider pelage characteristics to be diagnostic, yet few data exist on sympatric cats with different pelages. 2 A study of 31 wild‐living cats was conducted from 1995 to 1997 in an area associated with wildcats. Seventy‐four per cent...

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Literature Corpus work: 96c25d92-7615-5ecb-9b00-4b4af4b60759
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00580.x

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