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NORTH AMERICAN WILD CATS |
 BOBCAT |
 CANADA LYNX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RANGE | from southern Canada to Mexico |
north (Alaska), Canada, northern US, Rockies SIZE smaller than lynx taller, larger FACE smaller ears and cheek ruff larger ears tufts and ruff TAIL 3 or 4 narrow black bars whitish underneath solid black around the tip of tail FEET smaller, no hair on soles slow on snow covered with fur, hair on soles can walk and run on snow FOOD varied, hares, rabbits, small mammals, rodents, birds, prefers to eat snowshoe hare, but will eat small mammals and birds COAT darker spots,more colorful, shorter fur grayish fur, plainer, longer fur HABITAT adapts to different habitats prefers wooded areas HUNTING pounces from tree or rocks slow in deep snow prefers hunting on the ground can hunt in deep snow POPULATION numbers are decreasing "threatened" status in 48 states INFO BOBCAT web page CANADA LYNX web page |