Bobcat: habitat, lifecycle, feeding and reproduction

Bobcat

scientific name:

Lynx rufus

Habitat to which it belongs

Lifecycle

Types of feeding

Types of reproduction

Bobcats are only found in North America. They are most plentiful in the far west and they live in both rural and urban areas.

The bobcat’s mating season is late winter. Gestation is 62 days, and kittens are born in the spring.

At birth the kittens are blind and helpless.

When they are 10 months old they have to leave their mother’s territory and go out on their own.

Bobcats can live up to 12 years in the wild, but they usually survive 3 to 4 years.

Bobcats can only be found together during the breeding season when both males and females can mate with multiple partners and after a gestation period that last for 10 weeks, the female bobcat gives birth to a litter of up to 6 kittens in a safe.

Bobcats mainly hunt rabbits and hares.

Bobcats also eat birds, bats and even

adult deer, which they usually consume during the winter months, as well as lambs, poultry and young pigs when a ranch is near.