A few weeks ago Richard Holland wrote a bloggo about wildcats The UK's wildcat subspecies Felis sylvestris grampia or the Scottish wildcat was not actually described officially until after it had already been persecuted to extinction in England and Wales. Therefore the exact identity of the English and Welsh wildcats is unknown. This specimen from the Kendal Museum was shot in the mid 19th Century and is one opf the few bona fide English specimens in existence...
Sunday, March 15, 2009
FROM THE ARCHIVES: One of the few bona fide English wildcats
A few weeks ago Richard Holland wrote a bloggo about wildcats The UK's wildcat subspecies Felis sylvestris grampia or the Scottish wildcat was not actually described officially until after it had already been persecuted to extinction in England and Wales. Therefore the exact identity of the English and Welsh wildcats is unknown. This specimen from the Kendal Museum was shot in the mid 19th Century and is one opf the few bona fide English specimens in existence...
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