Let's Learn The Real Truth About Our Lost Old Wild Cats and Old Foxes.

 A pair of male and female wild cat taxidermy specimens mounted on branches and one with wall bracket for dramatic display in turn of the century natural history museum. Austrian Empire circa 1890. Very good condition . 

Interesting to note that, like Old British foxes that seemed to have counterparts in Western Europe that were over time replaced by Red foxes, Europe also had Old wild cats similar to those of the UK.

There are enough similarities here that, initially, I thought these were Old British wild cats.

Sadly, the work is all unfunded so the idea of digging into European museums for examples of Old foxes and Old wild cats is a pipe dream. However, I do hope naturalists in Europe get curious enough to carry out their own investigations.

Let's dig for the truth which is, honestly, just waiting there in museums and archives. Let's learn the real truth about our lost Old wild cat and Old foxes.