Colorful Fur

The Canadian lynx has yellowish brown fur.

Hunting Alone

Bobcats and lynx like to hunt alone.

Helpful Whiskers

Bobcats have long whiskers so if  it is dark it can feel objects.

Bobcats and Lynx Getting Through Snow

Bobcats and lynx have big paws so they can get through deep snow.

Bobcat Tail

A bobcats tail is longer than a lynx tail.

Lynx Family

The bobcat is the smallest member of the lynx family.

Warm Blooded

Bobcats are warm blooded.

Time To Sleep

Bobcats sleep in the day. They hunt in the night.

Taming Bobcats

A bobcat is tame when they are vary young. But bobcats will always be a wild animal.

Bobcats In Danger

In captivity, bobcats can live up to 25 years. Few predators other than cougars and humans are able to kill an adult bobcat. Young bobcats are killed by eagles, great horned owls, coyotes, foxes, bears, and adult male bobcats.

Bobcat Attack

Attacks by bobcats on humans are rare. Normally if a bobcat approaches a human or seems aggressive towards you it is most likely sick or rabid.

Bobbed Tail

A bobcats name comes from it`s bobbed tail.

A Lot Of Food

Bobcats eat woodchucks, rabbits, skunks, raccoons, moles mice, rats, squirrels and chickens. One of the most common prey of  the bobcat is the cotton-tail rabbit. Occasionally the bobcat will kill larger prey like deer.

A Lot Of Bobcats

The bobcat is the most common of Minnesota`s three native wildcat species. About 2,000 bobcats live in northern Minnesota. Approximately 725,000 to 1,020,000 bobcats remain in the wild.

By Tim Marskell [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

Leap Jump

A bobcat can do a leaping jump pounce that can cover 10 feet.

Leaping Fun

A bobcat can leap 12 feet to take down prey.

By: Christophe JOBIC

To Fast

A bobcat can reach speeds up to 25 to 30 mph in short bursts.