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            The Bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a North American mammal of the cat family, Felidae. 
With twelve recognized subspecies, it ranges from southern Canada to northern Mexico, including most of the continental United States. The Bobcat is an adaptable predator that inhabits wooded areas, as well as semi-desert, urban edge, forest edges and swampland environments.
Its coat is variable, though generally tan to grayish brown, with black streaks on the body and dark bars on the forelegs and tail. Its spotted patterning acts as camouflage. The ears are black-tipped and pointed, with short black tufts. There is generally an off-white color on the lips, chin, and underparts. Bobcats in the desert regions of the southwest have the lightest colored coats, while those in the northern, forested regions are darkest.
The adult male Bobcat is 71 to 125 cm long, averaging (91 cm; this includes a stubby 10 to 18 cm tail, which has a "bobbed" appearance and gives the species its name.
The cat is larger in its northern range and in open habitats.

De rode lynx of bobcat (Lynx rufus) is een katachtige uit het geslacht der lynxen (Lynx). Hij komt alleen voor in Noord-Amerika, waar het de meest algemene wilde katachtige is. 
De rode lynx heeft een gelige tot roodachtige bruine vacht, met een witte onderzijde. 's Winters is de vacht grijzer gekleurd. Donkere vlekken lopen over het lichaam, met dunne strepen in het gezicht, en dikkere strepen op het bovenbeen en op de staart.
De rode lynx dankt zijn Engelse naam "bobcat" aan het korte staartje (bob betekent onder andere gecoupeerde staart, alhoewel de staart niet gecoupeerd is, maar van nature kort). De staart is slechts 10 à 17 cm lang.  Op de oren zitten kleine pluimpjes, die kleiner zijn dan bij de meeste andere lynxen.
De rode lynx is 25 à 30 cm hoog en 71 à 125 cm lang. Hij weegt 6,4 tot 13 (soms tot 16) kg. 
Mannetjes zijn groter dan vrouwtjes.
De rode lynx is een solitaire soort. Hij bakent zijn woongebied af met urine, uitwerpselen, afscheiding van de anaalklieren en krabsporen op boomstammen. Overdag rust de rode lynx in een rotsspleet of dicht struikgewas. Soms houdt hij zich op in een boom.
In de schemering jaagt de rode lynx op zijn prooi.
Deze foto is gemaakt in Burgers Desert, de grote overdekte woestijnhal van Burgers Zoo.
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Taken in: Nederland / Gelderland / Arnhem (show map)

Taken on: March 5, 2011

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Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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