Lynx rufus californicus

(Mearns, 1897)

Vernacular names
English : Bobcat
French : Lynx roux, Bobcat

Classification
Class : Mammalia
Order : Carnivora
Family : Felidae
Notes : 11 other subspecies known.

Identification
Body length of 105 cm, tail length of 11 cm, weight of 13.7 kg. Fairly small species, small black ear-tufts, small cheek tufts. Ground coloration is light beige to rusty brown with more or less big blotches, sometimes just dark dots on whole fur.

Range and habitat
This subspecies occurs in southwestern USA, mostly in the state of California. The species is found from central and south Canada through most of the USA to north Mexico. Lives in forests, montane areas, agricultural lands, semi-deserts.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Appendix II
Status : This species still has a huge range and remains locally common but local declines and extinctions occurred because of persecution and trapping.
Ex-Situ Programs : SSP in America

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