(This is partly for Kate, who asked).
Turns out they look a lot like Maine Coon Cats. But pretty tough, big Maine Coon Cats.
Scottish Wildcat conservation. Apparently they're threatened by habitat loss and by crossbreeding with escaped domestic cats.
(I love that even with a simple, cozy mystery novel, there's still something to learn. I didn't know this breed even existed - let alone its history - before reading about Sonsie and feeling driven to look up a little more on these creatures.)
Friday, March 28, 2008
Scottish wildcat
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They are so muscular they look like bodybuilder cats. A "religiously cleaned coat"--yup, that's a feline, all right.
The Latin name is interesting; maybe Sylvester the Cat was part Scottish wildcat!
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