Scottish Non-native Cats Species Profiles

• Scottish Wildcat Felis silvestris grampia
  
  
• Leopard (Panthera pardus)
  
  
• Puma (Puma concolor)
  
  
• Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
  
  
• Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
  
  
• Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis)
  
  
• Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
  
  
• Caracal (Caracal caracal)
  
  
• Jungle cat (Felis chaus)
  
  
• Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
  
  
• Serval (Leptailurus serval)
  
  
• Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii)
  
  
• Geoffroy's cat (Oncifelis geoffroyi)
  
  

Kellas Cats

• Scotching the Myth
  
  

Size is important!

• A question of size
  
  

Coat and Eye Colours

• Black or Brown?
  
  
• Green glowing eyes?
  
  

Roars, screams and purrs

• Identification by sounds
  
  

Tracks, trails and signs

• Cat and dog bites - Scotching the Myth
  
  
• Identification of skulls
  
  
• Identification of tracks
  
  
• Puma or dog tracks?
  
  
• How to make a cast
  
  
• Identification of hair, bones, feces etc

  For identification of which predator has made a kill, this site for North Ameican animals is a useful reference. Predator identification.