Acta Carp. Occ. 10: 86-90, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.62317/aco.2019.011

Recent records of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) in the Czech-Slovak borderland

Martin Duµa1,2, Martin Váňa2, Pavel Dekař3, Michal Bojda2, Miroslav Kutal1,2
1 Ústav ekologie lesa, Lesnická a dřevařská fakulta, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 3, CZ-61300 Brno
2 Hnutí DUHA Olomouc, Dolní náměstí 38, CZ-779 00 Olomouc
3 Hnutí DUHA Bílé Karpaty, Radějov 356, CZ-696 67 Radějov

European wildcat (Felis silvestris) has been a missing species in the Czech Republic and Western Slovakia since the 1960s.Development of camera trapping techniques in wildlife research has resulted since 2012 in the new records of European wildcat in the West Carpathians in the Czech-Slovak borderland. Here we present the data collected during the intensive monitoring of large carnivores in the West Carpathians during the 3-year period (31/8/2016 - 1/9/2019). We recorded 86 unique visits of wildcat of which the most records came from Bílé Karpaty Mts. and Javorníky Mts. in Slovakia, where 9-10 individuals were identified and the reproduction was confirmed in 2019. The wildcat was confirmed also in two Czech mountain ranges: Vsetínské Beskydy and Hostýnské hills. According to data availability and scientific literature, we suggest that the record of wildcat in the Hostýnské hills is the most western documented occurrence of the species from the Carpathian population. We conclude, based on the minimum number of identified individuals and confirmed reproduction that there is a stable population at least in Javorníky and BíléKarpaty Mts. Viability of the population at the western range edge of species distribution in the Carpathians and dispersal activity of individuals may have a significant impact on the re-colonization of suitable habitats in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Keywords: camera-trapping, European wildcat, new records, West Carpathians

Received: October 30, 2019; Accepted: February 13, 2020; Published: June 15, 2019  Show citation

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Duµa, M., Váňa, M., Dekař, P., Bojda, M., & Kutal, M. (2019). Recent records of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) in the Czech-Slovak borderland. Acta Carpathica Occidentalis, 10(1), 86-90. doi: 10.62317/aco.2019.011
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