Friday, October 9, 2015

European wildcat

The European wildcat (Felis Silvestris Silvestris) is a small wild cat native to several European countries and some parts of Asia including Turkey and the Caucasus. In France, they are predominantly nocturnal and are also active in the daytime undisturbed by human activities. The Scottish wildcat, Iriomote cat, Bengal cat, and some other cats look like my cat Luna. Many wildcats in Scotland, Caucasus, and Mediterranean are classified to be separate species. It is twice the size of a domestic cat and are one of the 11 deadliest animals of Europe along with the asp viper, moose, badger, red fox, raccoon, wild boar, lynx, brown bear, wolverine, and wolf. This is a wildcat in Bavarian forest national park, Germany. The country that the wildcat is most commonly found is Germany like the jungle cat in India. The Caucasus region is in 6 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, and Iran. The Caucasian wildcat is found in all of those countries. The wildcat, lynx, bobcat, cougar, Siberian tiger, and Amur leopard are the most traditional cats of the forest. The wildcats of Crete and Corsica are considered to be extinct.

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