Transcript Mexican Bobcat

By: Danielle Isabel
MEXICAN BOBCAT
Description
The bobcat is tawny
(grayer in winter), with
indistinct dark spotting,
a 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, their
face has thin, often
broken black lines
radiating onto broad
cheek ruff and the ears
are slightly tufted.
Habitat
It lives primarily in scrubby country or
broken forests—hardwood, coniferous, or
mixed; also swamps, farmland, and rocky or
brushy arid lands
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 adultshumans
Diseases- parasites
{both internal and
external}
What happens if this species goes
extinct
This subspecies is
important because of
the many organisms
they eat. If this species
becomes extinct, then
the prey that they eat
will grow beyond the
earth’s carrying
capacity for them.
Why is the Mexican Bobcat about
to go extinct?
Many people want the
pelt of this species. Yet,
they are overhunting
the very cats that they
had become wealthy
off of. Because of this,
the population number
is decreasing. We need
to take action for this
controversial act.
How to protect it?
There are many acts to
protect this beautiful
species. One of these
acts is that it is now
illegal to hunt the
Mexican bobcat. Yet, a
few years later, it was
delisted in the U.S. for
being an endangered
species on the pressure
of the National Trappers
Association.