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Table 2 Key data of the examined wildcat specimens available for the study (n = 128)

From: Cardio-pulmonary parasites of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) in Germany

 

Number of wildcats (%)

Sex

 Male

68 (53.1)

 Female

46 (35.9)

 Not determinable

14 (10.9)

Age

 Adult (> 25 months)

69 (53.9)

 Subadult (11–24 months)

19 (14.8)

 Immature (5–10 months)

32 (25.0)

 Juvenile (< 4 months)

7 (5.5)

 Not determinable

1 (0.8)

Nutritional condition

 Very good

38 (29.7)

 Good

42 (32.8)

 Moderate

29 (22.7)

 Bad

2 (1.6)

 Very bad/cachectic

9 (7.0)

 Not determinable

8 (6.3)

Month of finding

 January

12 (9.4)

 February

8 (6.3)

 March

12 (9.4)

 April

7 (5.5)

 May

6 (4.7)

 June

6 (4.7)

 July

7 (5.5)

 August

6 (4.7)

 September

17 (13.3)

 October

12 (9.4)

 November

26 (20.3)

 December

6 (4.7)

 Data not available

3 (2.3)

Region of origin

 Eifel

19 (14.8)

 Hunsrueck

25 (19.5)

 Palatinate

62 (48.4)

 Taunus

4 (3.1)

 Westerwald

12 (9.4)

 Data not available

6 (4.7)

State of decomposition

 Fresh

41 (32.0)

 Moderate fresh

56 (43.8)

 Moderate rotten

20 (15.6)

 Proceeded rotten

11 (8.6)

(Suspected) cause of death

 Trauma

120 (93.8)

 Cachexia

1 (0.8)

 Diarrhoea

1 (0.8)

 Unknown

6 (4.7)

  1. The data were collected by the BUND and partly also by cooperating institutions during dissection