Cretan wildcat
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Felis silvestris cretensis Haltenorth, 1953 |
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Felis silvestris agrius |
The Cretan wildcat is a subspecies of European Wild cat that inhabits the Greek island of Crete. It was long thought to have gone extinct, but in 1996 a specimen was captured by an expedition from the University of Perugia.