Member since 1993.
My main research focus has been to establish reliable morphological characters that correlate with genetic characters to distinguish wildcats from domestic cats and their hybrids in Scotland in order to support enforcement of protective legislation for and reintroduction of the wildcat. I am a member of the Steering Group for Scotland's Wildcat Strategy. My other main research focus is investigating geographical variation, including biogeographical modelling, of widespread cat species of high conservation importance including tigers, clouded leopards, Pallas's cats and wildcats. I lead the Cat Classification Task Force, which produced a revised taxonomy for the Felidae in 2017 that is currently being updated.