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Post by Land Between the Lakes on May 9, 2016 17:46:32 GMT -5
I had once heard that a bob cat's home range is huge. I spotted one in southern knox county and I did some asking around and I heard that on average depending the available food that they can have a home range of several square miles, like over 100 sq. miles.
Does anyone know for sure what, on average their range might be. This is something that has always puzzled me being that I've seen him/her on my camera's and then nothing for quite a long time. Makes me think that their range is fairly large. Really a lot of statistics on bobcats can be misleading. Each and every bobcat is different and unique. Food sources, water, and habitat also impact where a bobcat lives. Some bobcats may wander endlessly their whole life if needed, some may use a massive area throughout their life, then there are other bobcats that may stay in a small area their whole life. It all depends on the individual bobcat. |
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Post by Land Between the Lakes on May 9, 2016 17:54:04 GMT -5
Another misconception about bobcats is that they need and only live in large wilderness or forested areas. This is not true at all. Bobcats are just like any other animal, they can and do adapt to people. There have been plenty of bobcats seen around my area in farmland areas, and near houses and busy roads.
Bobcats even live in and around big cities in some areas. I saw a video once about bobcats in either Houston, TX or Austin, TX. And the biologist were trapping bobcats inside the city limits near subdivisions, and busy interstates. There have been many other similar studies on bobcats in other large cities around America.
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