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The occurrence of wildcat in the Polish Carpathian Mountains

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The contemporary occurrence of wildcatFelis silvestris (Schreber, 1775) in the Polish part of the Carpathian Mountains was evaluated in 1998–2000 with personal inquiries in all forest inspectorates of Krosno and Kraków Regional Directorates of State Forests and five national parks (NP). Additional information on the presence of wildcat was collected by snow tracking in three winter seasons: 1998/1999 through 2000/2001. Wildcat presence was confirmed only for Bieszczady Mountains, Pogórze Przemyskie, and Beskid Niski Mountains (13 forest inspectorates and 2 national parks: Bieszczady NP and Magurski NP).

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    Henryk Okarma, Stanisław śnieŻko & Agnieszka Olszańska

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Okarma, H., śnieŻko, S. & Olszańska, A. The occurrence of wildcat in the Polish Carpathian Mountains. Acta Theriol 47, 499–504 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03192474

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