Wildcat (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Wildcat (3 of 3)

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Nina Klar put a transmitter to an anesthetized wildcat to monitor the moving patters. Clearly visible is the bushier hair and the dark rings at tail . This is the best way to differentiate wildcats from the domesticated cats. The researchers of OEKO-LOG fitted six tomcats and six feline cats with radio-transmitters to track their home ranges. Over the space of four years a database was developed with over 13,000 entries of wildcat localizations.

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Nina Klar

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