Forest wildcat, the species considered to go extinct in Belarus 90 years ago, was spotted in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

The animal was recorded by a camera in the village of Rozava (Naroula District) on June 22, 2017. The closest inhabited village is 25 kilometres away.

More than a dozen ‘photo traps’ were installed in the Palessie State Radiological Reserve to study wolves in 2016-2017. Despite the low quality of the night photo, the main distinctive marks of this species can be clearly seen: the cat is big, has long hind legs and a massive tail with five black stripes, wildlife.by reports.