@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00003426, author = {阿久沢, 正夫}, journal = {鹿兒島大學農學部學術報告=Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University}, month = {2016-10-27}, note = {Iriomote wildcats and Tsushima leopard cats are rare animals that live only on Iriomote-jima island in Okinawa Prefecture and on Tsushima island in Nagasaki Prefecture, respectively. These two wildcats are so highly valued that Iriomote wildcats have been designated a national special natural monument and Tsushima leopard cats a national natural monument. There are estimated to be 80-100 Iriomote wildcats and 70-80 Tsushima leopard cats. Both are considered to be endangered species by the Environmental Agency of Japan, and extinction is feared especially in the case of Tsushima leopard cats. In this paper, the causes of the decrease in numbers of these wildcats are considered.}, pages = {43--49}, title = {日本産ヤマネコの保護と自然環境}, volume = {53}, year = {} }