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Murgia, C.; Murgia, A.; Deiana, A.M.
Caratterizzazione biometrica di popolazioni selvatiche di gatto selvatico sardo (Biometric characterisation of the Sardinian wildcat population)
2005 Rendiconti Seminario Facolta Scienze Universita Cagliari (75): 49-58
This paper is about the variation in body size and cranial dimensions in natural population of the Sardinian wildcat. We have recorded biometric measures of 40 wildcats (24 male and 16 female) collected or captured in different localities of Sardinia. Craniometrical measures were taken on seven of these cats. The results obtained in this study indicate that the Sardinian wildcat is smaller than the European (_Felis silvestris silvestris_) and the African (_Felis silvestris libyca_) wildcat. Cranial index and morphological aspect confirmed that Sardinian wildcats are similar to domestic cats (_Felis silvestris catus_).
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