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Birth of wildcat kittens sparks hope for species
BBC News, South East
Conservationists have said the birth of wildcat kittens at a Kent wildlife park has sparked fresh hopes for the survival of Britain's rarest mammal species.
The litter was born nine weeks ago at Wildwood Trust’s Herne Bay park near Canterbury in an off-show breeding enclosure, to parents Talla and Blair.
Laura Gardner, director of conservation at the trust, said the kittens will play an important role in bringing back the species from the "brink of extinction".
European wildcats are considered rarer than the Bengal tiger and giant panda.
Wildcats are the only native cat species surviving in Britain, with a small population still roaming the Scottish Highlands.
But with an estimated fewer than individuals left, the Scottish wildcat population has been declared “functionally extinct”.
'Working together'
Ms Gardner said: "Wildwood has
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Wildcat
Small wild cat
For domestic cats (Felis catus) that live in the wild, see Feral cat.
This article is about the Old World wildcat. For other uses, see Wildcat (disambiguation).
The wildcat is a species complex comprising two small wild catspecies: the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) and the African wildcat (F. lybica). The European wildcat inhabits forests in Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, while the African wildcat inhabits semi-arid landscapes and steppes in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, into western India and western China.[2] The wildcat species differ in fur pattern, tail, and size: the European wildcat has long fur and a bushy tail with a rounded tip; the smaller African wildcat is more faintly striped, has short sandy-gray fur and a tapering tail; the Asiatic wildcat (F. lybica ornata) is spotted.[3]
The wildcat and the other members of the cat family had a common ancestor about 10–15 million years ago.[4 • Alachua band (c. –) Wild Cat, also known as Coacoochee or Cowacoochee (from CreekKowakkuce "bobcat, wildcat"[1]) (c. /–) was a leading Seminole chieftain during the later stages of the Second Seminole War and the nephew of Micanopy. Wild Cat's (Coacoochee) exact year and place of birth is unknown. Seminole scholars believe he was born between and on an island in Lake Tohopekaliga, south of present-day Orlando.[2] After the United States purchased Florida from Spain in , tensions mounted between the Seminole and new vit invaders, who took Seminole cattle ranches.[3] Because Seminoles allowed slaves to live in their own family compounds and to work cattle, black slaves from neighboring Georgia did escape to Florida.[3] Members of the powerful Wind clan, Coacooche's parents were King Philip (or Emathla) and his wife from the Micco Nuppa family.[4] Wi
Wild Cat (Seminole)
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