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Photograph of a bobcat on a rocky ledge. World map displaying the geographic ranges of lynx species with color-coded areas: the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) in orange across Canada and Alaska, the bobcat (Lynx rufus) in green across the United States and parts of Mexico, the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in shades of blue and purple across Europe and northern Asia, and the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in red in a small region of southwestern Europe. Bobcat (Felis rufa) standing alert on a rocky outcrop, with spotted fur and tufted ears, against a background of pine branches and blue sky.
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Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Growing to double the size of a domestic cat, the bobcat is the world's smallest...
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The geographic ranges of living lynxes
The modern ranges of bobcats (Lynx rufus), the Canada lynx (L. canadensis),...
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Bobcat (Lynx rufus).
In terms of physical size, the bobcat, which grows up to the size of a domestic cat,...
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