A Michael Broad Blog
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 …
Scottish Wildcat in defensive mode © Nick Lawes As the domestic cat is a direct decendent of the wildcat it is interesting to have a look at this animal to see how much the cat has changed from the days, some 10,000 years ago when all small cats were wild cats. The Scottish Wildcat is …
Although you will see three clean and clear photographs of the pampas cat below, visitors should know that the coat colour, pattern and texture can vary substantially across the range of this cat species which extends almost the entire length of South America. The coat of the cat illustrated below is long and it …
This page is about the Margay generally The distribution of the margay (Leopardus wiedii) is highlighted in the embedded range map below. However, this page deals with more than the range of this wild cat species. I had left the original map public in the expectation that people could and would refine it. There …
The manul is also referred to as Pallas’s cat and popularly as Pallas cat after the scientist who named the species. This wild cat is the about the size of a domestic cat. Although looking at the photographs you would be forgiven for thinking that this cat is larger. This is because of the …
The lynx food chain in described below. Before you read that you should know that there are four subspecies of lynx cat: Canada lynx – Canada Eurasian lynx – Europe, Asia Iberian lynx – Portugal, Spain Bobcat – North America, Mexico The most common prey of the Eurasian lynx is the Roe deer (Capreolus …
This leopard cat range (distribution) is set out in the embedded map below, which I made using Google My Maps. The map can be moved around by holding down left click while moving the mouse and also zoomed in and out using the buttons. The blue flags can be clicked for information. My map …
