
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Paltridge, Rachel 
A1  - Gibson, David 
A1  - Edwards, Glenn 
T1  - Diet of the Feral Cat (<emph type="2">Felis catus</emph>) in Central Australia
JF  - Wildlife Research
JO  - Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 1997
VL  - 24
IS  - 1
SP  - 67
EP  - 76
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WR96023 
N2  - Feral cats (Felis catus) occur throughout central Australia. In this study, we analysed the stomach contents of 390 feral cats collected between 1990 and 1994 from the southern half of the Northern Territory. Cats fed on a wide variety of invertebrates, reptiles, birds and mammals, including animals up to their own body mass in size. Mammals were the most important prey but reptiles were regularly eaten in summer and birds were important in winter. Invertebrates were present in the diet in all seasons. Carrion appeared in stomach samples during dry winters only and this has implications for future control of feral cats. 
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