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Wildlife experts have an unusual animal that they believe could a new species. The animal was on the French island of Corsica. The experts reporters a "cat-fox" that they had in the mountains of Corsica. The experts said they found a group of sixteen cat-foxes in a remote area of Corsica. The captured cat-fox nearly 90 centimeters in length from head to tail. The creature has very wide ears, short whiskers and a thick coat. It also stripes on its front legs. Gilles Simeoni, a local government official, the wildlife team for the cat-fox. He said: "It's a wonderful discovery." He added that Corsica a "paradise of animal and plant biodiversity".

The cat-fox has been about by local people in Corsica for decades. It had a mythical creature with farmers, who stories about it. Corsicans are now happy and proud that their island is home to a new species of animal. Scientists that the cat comes from a little-known species that could have in Africa and the Middle East thousands of years ago. It is largely a nocturnal animal. One scientist said the cat-fox could have been to Corsica as far back as 6500BC. Another scientist said: "By looking at its DNA, we could it apart from the European wildcat. It's close to the African forest cat, but its exact identity still to determined."