The name of my creature that I am researching is the Bobcat. The scientific name of the Bobcat is Lynx Rufus. Its domain is in the northern states of North America, and down lower, in Mexico. It is one of the top predators of its domain. This amazing animal, like its name, is also related to the Lynx, another top predator of the same domain. Some special adaptations this animal has is it’s thick fur for the freezing winter there in the far north. The habitat of a bobcat widely varies from forests and mountains, to semi-desert and brush land. Bobcats like to live in habitats with lots of vegetation and a lot of prey.
Bobcats are excellent hunters, catching their prey with stealth and patients, then catching their prey with one great leap.(www.defenders.com) The main diet of these animals are small but tricky to catch, like hares and rabbits.
Bobcats are solitary and territorial animals. Female bobcats never overlap each other's territory; males on the other hand might overlap. Territories of females cover up to 5 square miles, males have 25-30 square miles, a lot more than the female bobcats. (www.defenders.com) Their main den is usually a cave or rock shelter, but can be a hollow log, fallen tree, or some other protected place. (Also called the natal den.) An auxiliary den is normally located in less-visited portions of the home range and is often brush piles, rock ledges or stumps. These are also called “shelter dens”.
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