New 'cat-fox' species discovered on European island
“It’s their size and their tail that earned them the name cat-fox across the island," he continued."By looking at its DNA, we could tell it apart from the European wildcat, Felis silvestris silvestris. It's close to the African forest cat, Felis silvestris lybica, but its exact identity is still to be determined.”His colleague, ONCFS field agent in charge of forest cats Carlu-Antone Cecchini, added: ”The cat-fox is part of our shepherd mythology. From generation to generation, they told stories of how the forest cats would attack the udders of their ewes and goats"ONCFS officers trapped the first cat-fox in 2016. Before that the elusive creatures were only seen by sheperds in remote hills, although one "was caught unexpectedly in 2008 in a chicken coop at Olcani in Cap Corse," reports Benedetti.
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