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The Scottish wildcat is a European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) population in Scotland. It was once widely distributed across Great Britain , but the population has declined drastically since the turn of the 20th century due to habitat loss and persecution.
The Scottish wildcat, a population of European wildcat found only in Scotland, is a critically endangered animal. But for one local conservation group, the Scottish Wildcat Haven, they are not ...
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Scotland hosts the only populations of the Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris) in the British Isles with numbers estimated at between 400 and 2,000 animals, [29] and of the red fox subspecies Vulpes vulpes vulpes, a larger race than the more common V. v. crucigera and which has two distinct forms. [30]
The demography of Scotland includes all aspects of population, past and present, in the area that is now Scotland. Scotland had a population of 5,463,300 in 2019. The population growth rate in 2011 was estimated as 0.6% per annum according to the 2011 GROS Annual Review. [1] Covering an area of 78,782 square kilometres (30,418 sq mi), Scotland ...
Highland wildcat, another name for the Scottish wildcat, a northerly population of the European wildcat subspecies (Felis silvestris silvestris), sometimes classified as the separate subspecies F. s. grampia. Kellas cat, a feral hybrid between the Highland wildcat and the domestic cat
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The forest is home to a small Scottish wildcat population, a species considered to be at the verge of extinction. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2006, a proposal was made to construct a 47 turbine windfarm in the forest which was the subject of a public inquiry in May 2006.