Biography of a bobcat

The Bobcat is a species of lynx in the Felidae family. Their closest relatives are the Eurasian lynx, Canada lynx, and Iberian lynx. This species lives throughout North America, from southern Canada to Mexico. Across their wide range, researchers divide the Bobcat up into 13 different subspecies, and each subspecies looks slightly different from the next.

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Read on to learn about the Bobcat. Bobcats in different regions vary slightly. Some subspecies are larger than others, some have different colors or patterns on their coats. They range in size from 25 — 40 in.

Bobcat habitat

Populations in colder regions normally grow larger than those in more tropical areas. Their coats come in a number of different shades, anywhere from light tan to brown. They also have stripes and spots across their coat, and dark fur on the tip of their short tail. These are common creatures that live throughout North America. Learn what traits and behaviors make them unique below.

Across their range these cats live in a variety of different ecosystems. They inhabit forests, grasslands, desert edges, brushland, chaparral, marsh, wetland, and more. They prefer coniferous or deciduous forest types.