Bobcats
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Range: North America
Status: Least Concern
The bobcat is North Americas most abundant wild cat (excluding feral domestic cats). Despite the fact that they occur in nearly every ecosystem in the continental United States, they are rarely seen by humans. These cats are highly adaptable to habitat and prey, and are highly variable in size and concentration of spots. Bobcats are often confused with other wild cats due to this variability. If you see a cat in the wild (and its not a feral domestic) this is a logical first guess.
Despite their small size they can be very aggressive and dangerous to humans when unable to retreat. Rodenticides are a major cause of death to bobcats in some areas where people put out poison to kill mice and rats. These poisons are slow acting and some of the poisoned animals venture outside where their slowed reflexes make them especially vulnerable to predators, including neighborhood dogs and cats, hawks, foxes, coyotes, and bobcats. The poison then builds up in the predators systems and slowly kills them, too. These poisons cause a very painful death.
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