Bobcat | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Bobcats mostly eat rabbits and hares. They may also eat rodents, such as squirrels and mice, or hunt small deer, snakes, lizards and domestic animals, such as dogs, cats, sheep, goats and poultry. They can even leap high enough to catch low-flying birds. Bobcats are excellent climbers and can run up to 30 miles per hour (48 kilometers per hour).
Bobcat - Wikipedia
The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, 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.
Bobcat Facts, Pictures & Information: An Awesome American …
2018年6月21日 · The bobcat is a stealthy, mid-sized predator that inhabits woodlands and forests in North America. Although the bobcat can take down animals several times its size, it usually preys on rabbits and other small mammals.
Understanding the Bobcat: A Comprehensive Guide
2023年9月14日 · Bobcats are formidable hunters with a diverse diet that includes rabbits, squirrels, mice, and birds. They employ a variety of hunting techniques, including stalking, ambushing, and pouncing on their unsuspecting prey.
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What to do about bobcats - The Humane Society of the United States
Bobcats may prey on small animals like rabbits, guinea pigs or chickens if they are not kept indoors or housed in sturdy outside structures. (Pets such as rabbits and guinea pigs should also be kept indoors for their health and safety, especially at night.)
Bobcat - The Nature Conservancy
2020年7月16日 · Despite its striking resemblance to the household cat, the bobcat is a fierce predator. Preferring rabbits to anything else, it will also prey on rodents, birds, raccoons, foxes and even adult deer and domestic cats on occasion. The …
Bobcat - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a medium-sized cat native to North America. It is featured in some stories of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America and in the folklore of European-descended inhabitants of the Americas.
8 Fascinating Facts About Bobcats - Treehugger
2024年8月30日 · Their hunting running gait is another way that a bobcat lives up to its name: they sometimes run like a rabbit, placing their hind feet in the same place as their front feet. This style of...
Bobcat (Lynx rufus) - projectcoyote.org
The bobcat (Lynx rufus) is an adaptable predator of the cat family Felidae that inhabits wooded areas, as well as semidesert, urban edge, forest edges, and swampland environments from southern Canada to northern Mexico, including most of the continental United States.
Bobcat, facts and information - National Geographic
2010年9月10日 · These skilled hunters eat rabbits, birds, mice, squirrels, and other smaller game, and are capable of killing prey much bigger than themselves, such as deer.