Scottish Wildcats (5 images)

The indigenous Scottish Wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia), nicknamed the ‘Highland Tiger’ is highly endangered. It is thought that there are less than 100 ‘pure’ wildcat’s left in the wild’s of Scotland, with an ever increasing number of hybrids diluting the population’s gene pool. The wildcat is one of Scotland’s and Britain’s most endangered species….being the last large wild predator in Scotland – the last of the...
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The indigenous Scottish Wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia), nicknamed the ‘Highland Tiger’ is highly endangered. It is thought that there are less than 100 ‘pure’ wildcat’s left in the wild’s of Scotland, with an ever increasing number of hybrids diluting the population’s gene pool. The wildcat is one of Scotland’s and Britain’s most endangered species….being the last large wild predator in Scotland – the last of the free….
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