Corsican Wildcat

Corsican Wildcat
Corsican Wildcat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Felis
Species: F. silvestris
Subspecies: F. s. reyi
Trinomial name
Felis silvestris reyi
Lavauden, 1929

The Corsican Wildcat (Felis silvestris reyi) is a subspecies of the Wildcat found on the island of Corsica.[1] The Corsican subspecies differs from the others in its dark pelage, short tail, and lack of russet coloring behind the ears.

The subspecies was described by French zoologist L. Lavauden based on a skull and three skins collected in 1929 by a Corsican schoolteacher named Rey-Jouvin. Although Rey-Jouvin and other witnesses described the Corsican Cat to be fairly common at the time, no other specimens have been collected since then, so the subspecies is possibly extinct.

References

  1. ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/8543/1/full
  • Newton, Michael. "Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology: A Global Guide." McFarland & Company, January 2005. ISBN 0-7864-2036-7.
  • Shuker, Karl P.N. "Mystery Cats of the World." Robert Hale, January 1989. ISBN 0-7090-3706-6.

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