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lack rings; the muzzle has a light colour aroundthe mouth. On the original colour photographsthe coat looks light yellow-greyish. According tosite warden, H. Woesthuis (personal communication),this cat may have lived in this area forabout two yearsOnly the skull of the cat was retained and it isnow in a private collection. After examination ofthe skull Van Bree (personal communication)confirmed (on 1 October 2001) that, in view ofits measurements and the intracranial volume, itwas definitely a wildcat. On 31 May 2004 two ofthe authors (K. Canters & H. Jansman) measuredthe skull again. In addition a tissue sample forDNA analysis was collected from the root channelof one of the molars (see below).The skull has the following measurements (inmm): condylobasal length: 92.9; length of mandible:68.1; teeth row length (lower jaw): 34.3;Photograph 3. Tail of the wildcat (Felis silvestris)found on 13 June 1999 near Groenlanden (near Nijmegen):the tail is thick and has four, more or less,clearly visible rings and a blunt and black end. Photograph:Kor Goutbeek.teeth row length (upper jaw): 32.1; interorbitalconstriction: 19.8; postorbital constriction: 34.2;brain case breadth: 73.0; molar row length(upper jaw): 23.0; molar row length (lowerjaw): 19.7; intracranial volume: 40.0 cm 3 . TheSchauenberg index is 2.3. Furthermore, put in avertical position, the jaw of this cat stayed upright.The cat found at Vaalsbroek, southernLimburgPhotograph 2. The wildcat (Felis silvestris) found on13 June 1999 near Groenlanden (near Nijmegen):the pattern of the trunk is visible, but not rich incontrast. On the original photograph the light basiccolour is visible: yellowish grey; note the lightcoloured chin and corners of the mouth. Photograph:Kor Goutbeek.On 1 November 2002 a female road casualty catwas found close to Vaalsbroek Castle near Vaals(south of Limburg) (see also: table 2). As theanimal was crushed, only the skin was collected.The fur of this cat has the following characteristics(see also: photographs 4, 5, and 6): a longhairedand woolly coat with very thick underfur;coat colour: uniform salt-and-pepper with a yellowishtinge; blunt tail with black tip, on the distalend 4(-5) black continuous rings; between76 Canters et al. / Lutra 2005 48 (2): 67-90
Photograph 4. Side-view of the wildcat (Felis silvestris) found on 1 November 2002 as a road casualty near Vaalsbroek(province of Limburg); note the light colour and faint stripes, the white muzzle and bib, and the thick tailwith four clearly visible rings and a black knob. Photograph: Annemarie van Diepenbeek.shoulders and hips a prominent dorsal stripe;sole of hind foot partly with black fields aroundthe toes, white spots between the pads on all fourfeet; all claws of a light keratin colour; whiskers:white but not conspicuously large; some central,smaller whiskers: black or with a black base;nose leather: light colour; muzzle around mouth:light colour; small white bib. Some externalmeasurements were also taken: head and bodylength: circa 61 cm; tail length: 22.5 cm (i.e.without hairs); hind foot: circa 14.5 cm; earlength: 39 mm (i.e. without hairs).Photograph 5. Dorsal view of the wildcat (Felis silvestris)found on 1 November 2002 as a road casualtynear Vaalsbroek (province of Limburg); note the faintnarrow and black interrupted dorsal stripe. Photograph:Klaas Arends.Canters et al. / Lutra 2005 48 (2): 67-90 77
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