Bobcat or Red Lyynx

The Red Lynx, known as the Bobcat is the smallest member of the lynx group. The general coloration varies from an intense red-brown with gray overtones to a brownish or yellowish gray. The markings consist of numerous small spots or flecks, sometimes arranaged in logitudinal rows along the back.

The Bobcat primarily lives in the United States. It can live anywhere that provides sufficient cover. In the north, it lives mainly in forest and parkland; in the south, it is to be found in hot, dry cactus country. It also lives in swamps.

The red lynx's pronounced tolerance of varied surroundings appears again in its realtionships to human settlements. It is often to be found around villages and in the outskirts of large towns. It is so silent and keeps itself out of sight so skillfully that the inhabitatnts are often totally unaware of its presence, unless it is betrayed in winter by its foorprints in the snow, which look like those of a huge domestic cat.

Its variety of habitat is naturally reflected in the variety of the bobcat's choice of prey species. In the northern part of its range, rabbits and hares account for the largest part of its diet. In the dry lands of the south, on the other hand, rodents play the most important part to their diet, followed by hares and certain species of birds. Like all cat, the bobcat sometimes takes domestic poultry.

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