The 'cat-fox,' a mysterious feline that roams the French island of Corsica, may be a new species, according to wildlife officials.
1 / 3A feline once thought to be a myth has been identified on the French island of Corsica, according to wildlife officials.
"The cat-fox is part of our shepherd mythology. From generation to generation, they told stories of how the forest cats would attack the udders of their ewes and goats," Carlu-Antone Cecchini, the wildlife office's field agent in charge of forest cats, told AFP. "By looking at its DNA, we could tell it apart from the European wildcat, Felis silvestris silvestris. It's close to the African forest cat, Felis silvestris lybica, but its exact identity is still to be determined," Benedetti said.
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