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Common name: Bobcat |
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Species: Lynx rufus |
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Description: Adult bobcats are 10-20 pounds. They have short bobbed tails, pronounced ear tufts and cheeks. They have small feet. Their basic color is light gray, with yellow-brown to red-brown markings from stripes to heavy spots. |
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Habitat: Bobcats are found in coniferous and mixed forest in the North and also swampy area's down in Florida. |
Food: They have a great appetite for hares, and rabbits. Larger males will hunt deer in the winter months. They will also hunt squirrels, chipmunks, rodents, and birds. |
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Range: They range from the Canadian/USA boarder down through Mexico. |
Reproduction: They breed between February and June. They are known to breed all year. They usually give birth to 1-6 young. This process takes 60 days. |
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Other: Their greatest enemy is the human. Kittens will stay with their mother for the first year. Some bobcats are forced to live in urban areas. |
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