Friday, June 24, 2016

Cretan wildcat

The Cretan wildcat (Felis Sylvestris Cretensis) is a European wildcat subspecies that inhabits the Greek island of Crete and was first described in 1953. Long feared extinct, participants of an expedition by the University of Perugia managed to capture an individual in 1996. The wildcats of Scotland, Mediterranean, and Caucasus are considered to be subspecies of the European wildcat.

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Abe The Conservationist: Abe's Animals 1st anniversary

Stoat range map

Happy 1st anniversary for my blog!!!

It's been a year since I've been blogging and my 1st YouTube video was uploaded on August 4th, 2015. Since late April 2016, my 1st Facebook post was created and my 1st Pinterest folder was created on May. My 1st post is about me and my most recent post on my blog is about the invasive species of New Zealand such as the feral cat, domestic dog, rabbit, hare, stoat, and other invasive species of New Zealand. On my blog, I mainly talk about mammals such as wild felines and canines as well as extinct animals. I went on my Disney cruise trip to Alaska with my mom for 8 or 9 days and we saw some whales but we didn't get a chance to see some bears.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Invasive species of New Zealand

Feral cat

Chamois

Common brushtail opossum

Domestic dog

European hare

Ferret

Goat

European hedgehog

Himalayan tahr

Horse

House mouse

European rabbit

Brown rat

Black rat

Stoat

Wallaby

Australian magpie

Canadian goose

Common myna

Mallard

Red vented bulbul

Rook

German wasp

Common wasp

Asian paper wasp

Varroa Destructor

Sea squirt

Grass carp

Gambusia

Rudd

Catfish

Trout

Australian red foxes

The European red fox poses a serious conservation problem in Australia. Current times indicate that there are more than 6.2 million red foxes in Australia. Red foxes were first introduced to Australia in 1871 as an effort to enrich the fauna like the raccoons in Germany. It is also considered to be one of the 100 worst invasive species.