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Small wild cat genus

Acinonyx

Caracal

Catopuma

Felis

Leopardus

Leptailurus

Lynx

Miracinonyx

Otocolobus

Pardofelis

Prionailurus

Puma

Egyptian vulture

The Egyptian vulture, also known as the white scavenger vulture or Pharaoh's chicken, is an endangered bird of prey native to North Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and India. They mainly feed on carrion and also prey on small mammals, birds, and reptiles. The 3 subspecies are the African, Indian, and European. The vulture and the cobra are the national animals of Egypt and the cobra is the national animal of both Ancient India and Egypt.

Scottish beavers

Beavers were hunted to extinction in Britain in 1526 for their fur and have been reintroduced to Scotland in May 28th, 2009. It kinda interests me that beavers used to live in Britain because Britain is a small island and beavers make dams. The Scottish government will decide if beavers will stay in Britain or not and the government says it has no plans to reintroduce wolves and lynxes. I was wondering if bears were absent from Britain. Beavers have also been reintroduced to other countries throughout Eurasia such as China, the Middle East, the Balkans, Italy, Portugal, Northeast England and Mongolia.

Caucasian wildcat

The Caucasian wildcat is a subspecies of the European wildcat native to the Caucasus region as well as Turkey. The Caucasian wildcat is one of the few subspecies of the European wildcat along with the Turkestan, Corsican, Cretan, and Scottish wildcats. The Caucasus region is absent to a variety of big cats such as the extinct Caspian tiger, the Asiatic lion and cheetah, leopards, and lynxes.

Paul Webster: Beavers Reintroduced into Scotland

Wildcat

The wildcat (Felis Sylvestris) is a small wild cat native to most of Africa, Europe, and Southwest Asia and Central Asia into India, Western China and Southern Mongolia. Because of its wide range, it is classified as least concern since 2002. Wildcats are similar to domestic cats but twice the size. The population in Scotland is critically low and have been extirpated in England, Wales, and Ireland. European wildcats are considered to be one of the 11 deadliest animals in Europe along with the asp viper, moose, badger, red fox, raccoon, wild boar, lynx, brown bear, wolverine, and wolf. The African wildcat also lives in Sardinia and parts of Asia. The populations in Scotland, Turkey, Caucasus, and the Mediterranean are considered to be separate species from the European wildcat. It is one of the 6 wild felines in the Felis genus along with the jungle cat, sand cat, domestic cat, Chinese mountain cat, and black footed cat. The Scottish wildcat is considered to be one of the world's most endangered wild felines. This is a European wildcat at Bavarian forest national park, Germany. The European wildcat is the nominate subspecies.