Findings of the wildcat, Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777 (Carnivora, Felidae), on the territory of the Ternopil Region, Ukraine

Abstract

Findings of Felis silvestris in autumn 2014 in Zalishchyky Dnister Area (Ternopil Region, Ukraine) are described. Locations of these findings are about 50–90 km distant from the nearest records of this species, logically fit into the overall pattern of the cat’s modern distribution.

Keywords

• Felis silvestris
• distribution
• habitats
• morphological features
• Ternopil Region