Small Wild Cats

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The bobcat (Lynx rufus)
The bobcat is a North American cat that appeared during the Irvingtonian stage of around 1.8 million years ago (AEO).Containing 12 recognized subspecies, it ranges from southern Canada to central Mexico, including most of the contiguous United States. The bobcat is an adaptable predator that inhabits wooded areas, as well as semidesert, urban edge, forest edge, and swampland environments. Though the bobcat prefers rabbits and hares, it hunts insects, chickens, geese and other birds, small rodents, and deer. Prey selection depends on location and habitat, season, and abundance. Like most cats, the bobcat is territorial and largely solitary, although with some overlap in home ranges.
The adult bobcat is 65 to 100 cm long from the head to the base of the tail; the stubby tail adds 13 to 15 cm and its "bobbed" appearance gives the species its name, it weights from 7 to 18 kilograms. The bobcat is crepuscular. It keeps on the move from three hours before sunset until about midnight, and then again from before dawn until three hours after sunrise.

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