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Rick Mc Callister
rmccalli at sunmuw1.MUW.Edu
Sat Jan 13 20:27:43 UTC 2001
Do domestic cats only descend from North African cats? Or did they
also interbreed with various species of small local wildcats?
>>> The were wild cats (Felis silvestris) in East European forests.
>> And there still are in the Scottish Highlands
> Not that it matters ...
> The extinction of European wild cats anywhere in Europe is (I think)
>fairly recent. Except for having shorter tails, they are very close to
>African Wild cats anyway.
>Dr. David L. White
Rick Mc Callister
W-1634
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus MS 39701
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