>Wildcats are a thing that still exist >Even in Europe

we have cougars here
no, i know people who has seen them

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>>78679573
They're quite rare here

>>78679992
they are called florida panthers but they are cougers

>>78679573
They are very shy and good at hiding. Also mostly sleep during the day.

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>>78679573
Yeah we have proper wildcats up in Scotland.

>>78679573

Seen a few Lynxes in the wild in the Carpathians.

>>78680040
>>78680124
He's talking about your typical small wildcats, not big cats.

>>78680160
we have bobcats too

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>>78680160

Lynxes are not wildcats.

>>78680237

not big cats, fuck*

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>>78680203
They're not wildcats as the op is referring to, no matter how silly they are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcat

>>78680289
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcat

Literally did not know these existed. Thought they were like stray dogs, basically the same genotype - but stray cats.

>>78680289
nope not a new world species

>>78679573
Sure, you didn't know? They are common in the Ardennes here, but you won't easily spot them as they are sly and shun humans. They can rape your domestic cat however.

Or are you talking about lynxes? They still exist in Central Europe.

>>78680381
Lynxes supposedly live up the mountain close to where i live, so i knew that they existed.

Nope, i genuinely had no idea

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a cute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcat#Relationships_with_humans

Apparently the Brits used to rub wild cat feces on their heads as a treatment against baldness.

>>78680682
Doctors did a lot of weird shit 400 years ago.

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>>78679573

in south america we have many species of wild cat the size of a housecat, but they arent the same species as a domestic cat.

Geoffroy's cat, Colocolo, the Kodkod. The first 2 are called Gato Montés (cat from the mounts) by people.
I guess cats never became feral and a problem here because there were already similar species before europeans arrived. they are very antisocial.

>>78679573
We have a Florida panther. The population has been fucked up by development though, to the point they're really inbred and it's hard to have them mate successfully. Our ecology/conservation people are doing a pretty good job at reviving the population though, so that's nice.

>>78680014
C U T E ! ! !

these look like completely normal cats, what's the actual difference between these and pet cats?

>>78684182
It's kinda like wolfs and dogs. They're the wild ancestors of house cats.

I was exploring a ww2 era abandoned ammunition plant and got caught and the security guy told me that it was dangerous because of dangerous wild cats. I mean there's cougars in this country but I didn't think there were any in my state. I was surprised the most dangerous thing there wasn't the fucking horrible condition buildings one of which I nearly broke through the roof of and died.

>>78684182
The wild ones are pretty ferocious, they'll fuck you up good if they consider you a threat. They avoid all human contact.

>>78680277
Die scum

>>78680203
hated those little shits in red dead redemption

Cats are fucking awesome

I see a lot of bobcat tracks when I'm trapping, but you rarely see the cats.
They come out mostly at night, I'll see tracks almost every day, but only see the cats once every 3 or 4 years.

>>78679573
GETCHA HEAD IN THE GAME