See soorce fer Bobcat

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{{Speciesbox
| name = Bobcat
| image = Bobcat2.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =<ref name=iucn />
| taxon = Lynx rufus
| authority = ([[Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]], 1777)
| synonyms = * ''Felis rufus'' <small>Schreber</small>
| range_map = Bobcat distribution2016.jpg
| range_map_caption = Distribution o Bobcat, 2016<ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |journal=[[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] |publisher=[[IUCN]] |author=Kelly, M. |author2=Morin, D. |author3=& Lopez-Gonzalez, C. A. |year=2016 |volume=2016 |title=''Lynx rufus'' |page=e.T12521A50655874 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T12521A50655874.en |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12521/50655874}}</ref>
}}
The '''bobcat''' (''Lynx rufus'') is a North American [[Felidae|cat]] that appeared durin the [[Irvingtonian]] stage o aroond 1.8 million years ago ([[:en:Appearance event ordination|AEO]]).<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=46528&is_real_user=1 Paleobiology Database, collection 20397] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727105824/http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=46528&is_real_user=1 |date=2013-07-27 }} [[Doña Ana Coonty, New Mexico]]. Authorisit an entered bi [[John Alroy|Dr. John Alroy]], [[Macquarie University]], April 30, 1994.</ref> Containing 12 recognisit [[subspecies]], it ranges frae soothren [[Canadae]] tae central [[Mexico]], includin maist o the [[contiguous Unitit States]]. The bobcat is a adaptable [[predator]] that inhabits firthit auries, as well as semidesert, urban edge, forest edge, an swampland environs. It remains in some o its oreeginal range, but populations are vulnerable tae [[local extinction]] ("extirpation") bi [[coyote]]s an domestic ainimals. Wi a grey tae broun coat, whiskered face, an black-tuftit lugs, the bobcat resembles the ither species o the midsized ''[[Lynx]]'' genus. It is smawer on average than the [[Canadae lynx]], wi which it shares pairts o its range, but is aboot twice as lairge as the [[cat|domestic cat]]. It haes distinctive black bars on its forelegs an a black-tippit, stubby tail, frae which it derives its name.

The maist feck o the bobcat's diet is [[kinnen]]s an [[maukin]]s, but it hunts [[insect]]s, chickens, [[guiss|geese]] an ither birds, smaw [[rodent]]s, an [[deer]] as weel. Prey selection depends on location an [[habitat]], saison, an abundance. Lik maist cats, the bobcat is territorial an maistly solitar, awtho wi some owerlap in hame ranges. It uises several methods tae [[territorial markin|merk its territorial boondars]], includin claw marks an deposits o urine or feces. The bobcat breeds frae winter intae ware an haes a gestation period o aboot twa month.

Awtho bobcats hae been huntit extensively bi humans, baith for sport an fur, thair population haes pruiven resilient tho declinin in some auries. The elusive predator featurs in [[Meethologies o the indigenous fowks o Americae|Native American meethologie]] an the fowklear o European settlers.

==References==
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==Further readin==
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* {{Cite book |last =Hansen |first = Kevin |year = 2006|title =Bobcat: master of survival|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=HW0llAsJgWUC&lpg=PP1|publisher= Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-518303-7}}
* {{Cite book |last =Burton  |first =Maurice |author2=Robert Burton |year =1970 |title =The international wildlife encyclopedia, Volume 1 |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=cb7N0CV0JbAC&lpg=PA253|pages=253–257 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish Corp |isbn= 978-0-7614-7266-7 }}
* {{Cite book |last = Sunquist |first =Melvin E |author2=Fiona Sunquist|year =2002 |title =Wild cats of the world |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=hFbJWMh9-OAC&lpg=PA187|pages=185–197 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=0-226-77999-8}}
* {{Cite book|last =Van Wormer|first=Joe|year =1963|title =The World of the Bobcat|publisher =J.B.Lippincott|asin=B000O2KACC}}
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==Freemit airtins==
* {{wikispecies-inline|Lynx rufus}}
* {{commons-inline|Lynx rufus}}
*[http://www.catsg.org/index.php?id=96 Species portrait Bobcat; IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group]
*[http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bobcat.html Bobcats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612144559/http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bobcat.html |date=2007-06-12 }} – Naitional Geographic
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAuvftv7HJA Youtube Video of Swimming Bobcat] - Extendit Video captured o Bobcat Soummin Athort Lake Lanier Georgie

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[[Category:Lynx]]
[[Category:Mammals o Canadae]]
[[Category:Mammals o Mexico]]
[[Category:Mammals o the Unitit States]]
[[Category:Predators]]
[[Category:Ainimals descrived in 1777]]
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