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Faure, J.P.B.; Drouilly, M.; Mann, G.K.H.; AL Malki, A.; AL Balawi, D.M.; de Bruin, R.; Fitchen, K.; Gallacher, E.; Ross, M.D.; Smyth, L.K.; Spalton, J.A.; Balme, G.A.
Interspecific event between North African wildcat and Blanford's fox, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2021 Cat News (73): 4-5
This paper presents the first photographic record of a possible interspecific killing event between a North African wildcat _Felis lybica _lybica and a Blanford's fox _Vulpes cana_. The camera trap image was taken in the area locally known as Wadi Thurabah, 50 km NNW of the town of Al Bahah in the Sarawat mountains of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Our paper indicates spatial and temporal interactions between the North African wildcat and the Blanford's fox in the Kingdom. It also contributes to a better understanding of their interspecific relationship, and of the North African wildcat's potential hunting behaviours.
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