Arizona Bobcat #3
by Dennis Boyd
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Arizona Bobcat #3
Artist
Dennis Boyd
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(Photographed at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum) Bobcats are another species of predator that is highly adaptable and ranges throughout most of the continental United States.
In Arizona they are equally at home from the lowlands of the Sonoran Desert to the pine and fir covered mountains of the higher elevations. As with their main competitor and sometimes nemesis, the coyote, they are quite capable of living adjacent to human habitation.
Despite the fact that they are common wildlife species, few people ever see one because of their elusive nature. Adult bobcats usually weigh between 15 and 35 pounds, and are 2 to 3 feet long, including a 5 to 6 inch tail. Their coloration on top ranges from gray-brown or reddish to almost steel blue, with dark spots dappling the fur and providing an effective camouflage pattern. The belly fur is white with black spots. The underside of the tail is also white and there are distinctive white spots on the backs of the ears.
Bobcats are solitary creatures except when breeding, which can take place at any time during the year although it generally occurs from January to March. Litters of 2-4 kittens are born after a 50-60 day gestation period.
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August 9th, 2017
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