Scottish Wildcat

The Scottish population of the European Wildcat, the Scottish Wildcat has a brown mottled coat, thick stripes of dark fur on their body, and bands on their tail that ends in a band of black fur with a blunt tip. They can be active during both the day and night but will not often venture far from the cover or forests or other vegetation. Scottish Wildcats are generally solitary and quite elusive, so accurate population numbers are challenging to assess but it’s estimated that there are less than 400 cats in the wild.