Bobcats

1
BOBCATS
BRANDON M
2
DIET

• You would think a Bobcat would not eat much, but
  they are ferocious carnivores
• Bobcats like to eat cottontails, moles, shrews,
  raccoons, domestic cats, small deer, bats,
  foxes, woodchucks, birds, skunks, reptiles,
  porcupines, and coyotes
• Bobcats will kill its prey by striking it on its
  throat, skull, or chest
• If bobcats cant find wild food it will eat a
  dead animal

3
APPEARANCE

• Adults 2 to 4 feet long and 2 feet tall
• tails 5 to 6 inches long
• yellow brown or golden tan in summer
• in winter its gray
• Males about 25lbs
• Females about 16lbs
• kittens follow their moms at night and they
  wont get lost because of the white spots on
  their ears

4
POPULATION

• Have you ever wondered how many bobcats are in
  the world?
• There are 1,020,100 bobcats in North America
• Bobcats are most common in California
• Because they are adaptable they can live in
  multiple places

5
HUMANS AND BOBCATS

• Are bobcats harmful to humans or humans harmful
  to bobcats?
• Humans trap bobcats for fur
• hunt bobcats for (fun) and (games)
• build houses on bobcat habitats