Illustrative bobcat; imagined setting.
Overview
Bobcats are most active around dawn and dusk. Their carnivorous diet ranges from mice to deer; they can swim, climb trees and leap at prey.
They mark territories with scent and scratches on vegetation. Both sexes may have multiple mates, and males do not help raise kittens.
Origins & earliest records
NPS synthesis
Evidence & interpretation
Complete account; diagnostic photographs.
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AI-generatedIllustrative bobcat; imagined setting.
