The bobcat breeds from winter into spring and has a gestation period of about two months.

The subspecies division has been challenged, given a lack of clear geographic breaks in the bobcat range and the minor differences between subspecies.

The nose of the bobcat is pinkish-red, and it has a base color of gray or yellowish-or brownish-red on its face, sides, and back.

Estimates from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed bobcat numbers between 700, 000 and 1, 500, 000 in the U. S. in 1988, with increased range and population density suggesting even greater numbers in subsequent years ; for these reasons, the U. S. has petitioned CITES to remove the cat from Appendix II.

One particularly troublesome interloper has been the bobcat, which has slowly forced the more gentle lynx out of its traditional hunting grounds and up into the highlands.

The bobcat has killed many Whooping Cranes in Florida and Texas.

The park has a large number of waterfalls, a wide variety of environments ( from lush canyon bottoms to sparse chaparral-covered slopes, many animals ( deer, raccoons, an occasional bobcat ) and abundant bird life – including Steller's Jays, egrets, herons and Acorn Woodpeckers.

Snoopy and Woodstock are already there, and after Snoopy has some major problems getting across the rollers at the intersection of the main driveway, he and Woodstock encounter a rather mean bobcat who chases them back across those rollers, where they finally meet up with Charlie and Linus.

The adult bobcat is long from the head to the base of the tail, averaging ; the stubby tail adds and, due to its " bobbed " appearance, it gives the species its name.

Fishers have also been responsible for at least 4 Canadian lynx mortalities in Maine ; bobcat remains have been found at male fisher rest or active sites.

Believed to have been extirpated from the state by 1970 due to destruction of its territory and human encroachment, the bobcat gained legal protection in 1972, being classified as a game species with a closed season and in 1991 it was added to the list of endangered species in New Jersey.

In addition, a scent post survey in 1995 proved bobcat presence in four northern counties and there have been reliable sightings of the bobcat in 9 additional ( mostly southern ) counties, including those encompassing large swaths of the Pine Barrens and those counties skirting it, namely: Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean, and Salem counties.

This cat was very large, had a bobbed tail, and was reported to have been sired by a bobcat.

The second time the chorus is sung in the single version, the second line becomes " Or let the eagle tell you where he's been " from the original " Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned ," likely because the latter phrase refers to imagery in the movie of a fictitious constellation which resembles a bobcat.

These hybrids have been bred in captivity and also occur naturally where a lynx or bobcat cannot find a member of its own species for mating.

* Domestic cat / bobcat ( Lynx rufus ): There are reports of bobcats breeding with domestic cats, but such matings have never been successful because the two species are not interfertile.

Charlie dismisses Snoopy's attempts to warn him of the bobcat, and he and Linus walk in past the cat petting him as they go ... then they both learn for themselves.

It is rare for these two similarly sized species to physically confront one another, though bobcat populations tend to diminish in areas with high coyote densities.

In the great majority of species, the tail is between a third and a half the length of the body, although there are some exceptions ( for example, the bobcat and margay ).

The 1970s and 1980s saw an unprecedented rise in price for bobcat fur causing further interest in hunting, but by the early 1990s prices had dropped significantly.

Kelly used the strip in part as a vehicle for his liberal and humanistic political and social views and satirized, among other things, Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-Communist demagogy ( in the form of a shotgun-wielding bobcat named " Simple J. Malarkey ") and the sectarian and dogmatic behavior of Communists in the form of two comically doctrinaire cowbirds. Walt Kelly's Pogo ( April 22, 1971 )

(' Wildcat ' is an alternate name for the bobcat, a cat endemic to the area.

Kazuya Mishima, a kind boy around her age, appears and offers to kill the bobcat to cheer Jun up, but Kazuya's abusive father, Heihachi, suddenly appears and berates Kazuya for his compassion, which he considers a weakness.

It also serves as a home for native animals such as whitetail and mule deer, mountain lion, bobcat, three rattlesnake species and many more.

The prairie surrounding the park is a habitat for pronghorn antelope, and other species inhabiting the park include mule deer, northern pocket gophers, skunks, raccoons, yellow-bellied marmots, and bobcat.

In spite of their bobcat-like appearance, DNA testing failed to detect bobcat marker genes, and these cats are now considered wholly domestic for the purposes of ownership, cat fancy registration, and import and export laws.

After trapping the rabbit in a tree, the bobcat is persuaded to build a fire, only to have the embers scattered on its fur, leaving it singed with dark brown spots.

Larger mammals include black-tailed deer, coyote, raccoon, skunk and invasive opossum ; with sightings of lynx, bobcat, black bear, cougar and elk not uncommon, especially in the northern parts of the county.

The bobcat also suffered population declines in New Jersey at the turn of the nineteenth century, mainly because of commercial and agricultural developments causing habitat fragmentation ; by 1972, the bobcat was given full legal protection, and was listed as endangered in the state in 1991.

The breed was claimed by breed founder Carol Ann Brewer of Washington state to be the progeny of naturally occurring bobcat hybrids ; while some DNA-tested Pixie-bobs have showed wild markers, few if any contributed to breeding programs.

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In California, coyote and bobcat populations are not negatively correlated across different habitat types, but predation by coyotes is an important source of mortality in bobcats.

The bobcat is believed to have evolved from the Eurasian lynx, which crossed into North America by way of the Bering land bridge during the Pleistocene, with progenitors arriving as early as 2. 6 mya.

In a Shawnee tale, the bobcat is outwitted by a rabbit, which gives rise to its spots.

The film opens with a young girl named Jun Kazama crying over a rabbit killed by a bobcat.

Charlie, after being chased out of the yard by the bobcat, just decides to wait, completely clueless of reality.

American red squirrels are preyed upon by Canadian lynx ( Lynx canadensis ), bobcat ( Lynx rufus ), coyote ( Canis latrans ), great horned owl ( Bubo virginianus ), northern goshawk ( Accipiter gentilis ), red-tailed hawk ( Buteo jamaicensis ), American crow ( Corvus brachyrynchos ), American marten ( Martes americana ), red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ), gray fox ( Urocyon cinereoargenteus ), wolf ( Canis lupus ) and weasel ( Mustela sp.

Many desert animals prey on cottontails, including birds of prey, mustelids, the coyote, the bobcat, the lynx, wolves, mountain lions, snakes, weasels, humans, and even squirrels, should a cottontail become injured or docile.

The area woods teem with wildlife, including: squirrel, deer, bobcat, raccoons — even bear and panther.

Some of the hiking trails include the Bluff Trail ( 0. 7 mi ), Weston Lake Loop Trail ( 4. 6 mi ), Oakridge Trail ( 7. 5 mi ), and King Snake Trail ( 11. 1 mi ) where hikers may spot deer, raccoon, opossum, and even bobcat tracks.

The smallest species are the bobcat and the Canada lynx, while the largest is the Eurasian lynx, with considerable variations within species.

Wildlife is abundant, including whitetail deer, turkey, bobwhite quail, coyote, bobcat, and waterfowl.

Although this is genetically possible, the bobcat / domestic cat hybrids, particularly the male, would probably become sterile.

The bobcat ( Lynx rufus ) is a North American mammal of the cat family Felidae, appearing during the Irvingtonian stage of around 1. 8 million years ago ( AEO ).

The bobcat is an adaptable predator that inhabits wooded areas, as well as semi-desert, urban edge, forest edges, and swampland environments.

Like most cats, the bobcat is territorial and largely solitary, although there is some overlap in home ranges.

The Lynx genus is now accepted, and the bobcat is listed as Lynx rufus in modern taxonomic sources.

The bobcat resembles other species of the Lynx genus but is on average the smallest of the four.

As a result, the rate of bobcat deaths is skewed in winter, when hunting season is generally open.

In Native American mythology bobcat is often twinned with the figure of coyote in a theme of duality.

The bobcat, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Commission, is an athletic, fierce and indigenous predator to the Carolinas.

However, in some characteristics the Canada lynx is more like the bobcat ( Lynx rufus ) than the Eurasian Lynx.

It is larger than the bobcat, with which it shares parts of its range, and over twice the size of the domestic cat.