Mexican Bobcat

1. By: Danielle Isabel Mexican Bobcat

2. Description  The bobcat is tawny (grayer in winter), with indistinct dark spotting. Short, stubby tail, with 2 or 3 black bars and black tip above; pale or white below. Upper legs have dark or black horizontal bars. Face has thin, often broken black lines radiating onto broad cheek ruff. Ears slightly tufted

3. Habitat  It lives primarily in scrubby country or broken forests—hardwood, coniferous, or mixed; also swamps, farmland, and rocky or brushy arid lands

4. Their lifestyles They mostly hunt rabbits and hares. May also eat rodents, birds, bats , adult deer, lambs, poultry and young pigs when a ranch is near. Predators that hunt babies- foxes, coyotes, and large owls Predators for adults- humans Diseases- parasites {both internal and external}

5. What happens if this species goes extinct This subspecies is important because of the many organisms they eat.

6. How to protect it? There are many