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The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the wildcat, bay lynx, [2] [3] or red lynx, [4] is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.Native to North America, it ranges from southern Canada through most of the contiguous United States to Oaxaca in Mexico.
The mountain lion has a long tail (2.5-3 feet), while the bobcat has a short “bobbed” tail that’s smaller than 10 inches. Bobcats are only 3 feet in length, while adult male mountain lions ...
Bobcats look very similar to regular domestic house cats except they are larger. They stand 1-1/2 to 2 feet tall at the shoulder and weigh up to 33 pounds when full grown.
The bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a North American mammal of the cat family, Felidae. With twelve recognized subspecies , it ranges from southern Canada to northern Mexico, including most of the continental United States .
In the early years of the 20th century, bobcats (Lynx rufus) were reported as "somewhat common" in the park. There have been 9 to 14 reported sightings each decade since 1960. These sightings have occurred throughout the park; about 80 percent have occurred in the northern half. Bobcats have been reported in about equal numbers during all seasons.
Bobcat sightings are rare, but the elusive animals are more common than you think in the Kansas City area. Here’s what to do if you see one. Bobcats spotted in Shawnee Mission Park.
The bobcat is thought to have arised from a dispersal across the Bering Land Bridge during the Early Pleistocene, around 2.5-2.4 million years ago, with the Iberian lynx suggested to have speciated around 1 million years ago, at the end of the Early Pleistocene, the Eurasian lynx is thought to have evolved from Asian populations of Lynx ...
Bobcats are brownish gray in color, and usually have spots and bands on their fur, with large, mostly black ears and a black tip on their tail. They are about twice the size of normal domestic ...