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American Bobcat copyright ucumari Overview The name is the “bobcat” because of the bobbed (shortened) tail. “American bobcat” is commonly used. This is the most common wild cat species of North America which with Mexico and Canada is its geographic range. This wild cat is one of four of the Genus: lynx. The others …
Ticks can spread disease to cats including cytauxzoonosis, commonly called bobcat fever. Bobcat fever is not very common but cats over much of America are exposed to it. The type of tick responsible is the Lone star tick (Amblyomma americanumm). Unlike fleas ticks don’t jump onto animals as they pass by. They crawl onto …
What is the current situation regarding the bobcat? And how do we find out? The organisation charged with keeping up to date with developments in the world of the wildcat is the IUCN Red ListTM. Their role is to assess the status of species of animals of the world. “Status” to me means the …
by Michael (London, UK) The Florida bobcat (Lynx rufus floridanus) doesn’t exist. That is what the major authorities on the world’s wild cats say. I am referring to: Wild Cats Of The World (Sunquists) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ (Red List) Both of these sources make no mention of the Florida bobcat. The …
Bobcat fever can kill domestic cats that are let out of the house in certain states of the United States. It is caused by a parasite (Cytauxzoon felis) that lives in the blood and which is transmitted from the American bobcat to the domestic cat by the tick. A tick is another parasite that …
