The history of cats in Australia

["Alan Gillanders" <>]

From: "Carl Clifford" > Does anyone know if feral cats in this region have a 
preponderance for bob or deformed tails? SE Asian "feral" cat carry a 
bob-tail gene. A higher incidence of "bob-tails" amongst the ferals in areas 
of the North where Makassarese fishermen may have visited.
Carl,
As a youngster growing up on Cape York in the late 60's I saw lots of feral 
cats. They were long and rangy with very long tails held upright. I do not 
remember seeing a bobtail at all. An interesting behavioural trait is that 
they would invade the settlement in troupes. I use the word troupes because 
from behind they looked like monkeys.
Regards,
Alan 

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