Scottish Wildcat (felix sylvestris) (C)
The Scottish Wildcat is the most endangered mammal in Britain.
Although numbers were reduced in the past by persecution it is loss of habitat and interbreeding with domestic cats that has been the main downfall of the species.
Although numbers were reduced in the past by persecution it is loss of habitat and interbreeding with domestic cats that has been the main downfall of the species.
Ref:
Scottish Wildcat 4711
Date:
Location:
British Wildlife Centre
Photographer:
Robert Lawrence