animal photographed near Achmelvich. Dr Keri Langridge, Scottish Wildcat Action Project Officer at SNH has confirmed that the cat, while not a pure wild cat, is very much a hybrid based on a system called ‘pelage-scoring’. Photo at Gallery-Land Mammals.
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