The ‘Furogatos’ wildcat once considered lost to myth appears to thrive on Crete island
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The ‘Furogatos’ wildcat once considered lost to myth appears to thrive on Crete island
The Cretan wildcat is said to be the legendary creature of the beautiful Greek island of Crete. It is no longer something of myth.Taxidermied Felis Silvestris Cretensis in the Natural History Museum of Mount Diktis, Vidianis Monastey, Lassithi plateau, Crete, Greece. Credit: Elisa Triolo, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons.Known locally as the 'furogatos', it is not the only wild feline on the island of Crete but it is the largest carnivorous …
The Cretan wildcat or furcat was once considered an extinct subspecies. The first record in the mountains of Crete reveals that its population is healthy.
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