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The Scottish wildcat or Kellas cat is the likely inspiration of the mythological Scottish creature Cat-sìth. Since the 13th century, it has been a symbol of Clan Chattan . Most of the members of Clan Chattan have the Scottish wildcat on their crest badges , and their motto is "Touch not the cat bot a glove", bot meaning 'without'.
The Scottish wildcat, a population of European wildcat found only in Scotland, is a critically endangered animal. But for one local conservation group, the Scottish Wildcat Haven, they are not ...
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Kellas cat, a feral hybrid between the Highland wildcat and the domestic cat Highland or Highlander, names used for the British Longhair domestic cat breed, only and (inconsistently) by the pedigree registry Feline Federation Europe (which even refers to them as "Highland Straight" sometimes, despite that being the Scottish Straight Longhair).
Thomas identified one of the animals as a melanistic wildcat; [7] this juvenile male was the first wildcat ever documented as melanistic in Scotland. [9] Most of the other specimens examined were concluded to be hybrids but more closely aligned to the Scottish wildcat; only one hybrid leaned more towards a domestic cat. [10]
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It was reportedly a caracal, a medium-sized wildcat species found in Africa and Asia, although a police report described it as a lynx. [ 6 ] [ 34 ] In a well-reported 2001 case ("the Beast of Barnet"), a young female Eurasian lynx was captured alive by police and vets in Cricklewood , North London, after a chase across school playing fields and ...