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Bobcat tracks can be generally distinguished from feral or house cat tracks by their larger size: about 15 cm 2 (2 sq in) versus 10 cm 2 (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 sq in). Distribution and habitat Bobcat in urban surroundings, seen here climbing on a telegraph pole at the Kennedy Space Center. The species' range does not seem to be limited by human ...
North America A mother and cub, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. The two Lynx species in North America, Canada lynx and bobcats, are both found in the temperate zone. While the bobcat is common throughout southern Canada, the continental United States and northern Mexico, the Canada lynx is present mainly in boreal forests of Canada and ...
This list of largest cats shows the 10 largest extant Felidae species, ordered by maximum reported weight and size of wild individuals on record. The list does not contain cat hybrids, such as the liger or tigon. List. Following list contains size (weight and length) measurements for wild adult males of each species:
Three mammal species in the United States are referred to as "wild cats": the ocelot ( Leopardus pardalis ), the Canada lynx ( Lynx canadensis ), and the bobcat ( Lynx rufus ). However, none of these animals belong to Felis, the genus of the wildcat and the domestic cat. The ocelot is found in low numbers only in Arizona and Texas (and was once ...
The Canada lynx is a lean, medium-sized cat characterized by its long, dense fur, triangular ears with black tufts at the tips, and broad, snowshoe -like paws. Like the bobcat, the hindlimbs are longer than the forelimbs, so the back slopes downward to the front. The Canada lynx is sexually dimorphic, with males larger and heavier than females.
Pixie-bobs are a fully-domesticated, selectively-bred breed of cat (Felis cattus) intended to resemble the North American bobcat . While the average domestic cat breed weighs about 8 lb (4 kg), Pixie-bobs can be somewhat larger, but (on average) usually do not exceed 11 lb (5 kg), similar to a medium- to large-sized domestic cat. Only very few ...
L. pictus Gray , 1842. The ocelot ( Leopardus pardalis) is a medium-sized spotted wild cat that reaches 40–50 cm (15.7–19.7 in) at the shoulders and weighs between 7 and 15.5 kg (15.4 and 34.2 lb) on average. It is native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Margarita.
Jaguar. The jaguar ( Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. With a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and a weight of up to 158 kg (348 lb), it is the biggest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world.