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A diagnosis for the Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris): a tool for conservation action for a critically-endangered felid
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A recent estimate suggests that the Scottish wildcat may be critically endangered. Nevertheless, there is still no uncontroversial method for diagnosing the Scottish wildcat. We analysed morphological differences between wild-living cats in Scotland on the basis of 20 pelage characters, scoring from 1 (domestic cat) to 3 (wildcat), in combination with 40 skull parameters and intestinal length. A cluster analysis, bases on Principal Components derived from the score for pelage characters, show...
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- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1017/S1367943005002301
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Highland Distilleries Company
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Nigel Easterbee Memorial Fund
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University of Glasgow
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Animal Conservation Journal website
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 223-237
- Publication date:
- 2005-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-1795
- ISSN:
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1367-9430
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- English
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- ora:4481
- Deposit date:
- 2010-11-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Zoological Society of London
- Copyright date:
- 2005
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- The full-text of this article is not currently available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: Kitchener, A. C. et al. (2005). 'A diagnosis for the Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris): a tool for conservation action for a critically-endangered felid', Animal Conservation 8(3), 223-237. [Available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ANI].
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