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Rocky Refuge: Bobcats often use ledges, bluffs and rocky outcrops as shelter from weather and places to rest and raise young.
 
 


 
 
 
Range: Central North America
 
 
 

Bobcat
Lynx rufus

Bobcats have relatively short but powerful front limbs, a flexible spine, and muscular hind limbs that work together to make it quick, agile and strong. While they generally hunt animals much smaller than themselves, bobcats have been known to take down prey weighing up to 10 times their own body weight.

Fact File

Length: 2 to 3.5 ft

Weight: 13 to 68 lbs

Lifespan: Up to 20 yrs in the wild

Habitat: Wetland, grassland, scrubland and woodland

Diet: Rabbits, rodents, deer, large ground birds

 
         
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