Common Name
Bobcat
Order
Carnivora
Family
Felidae
Species Name
Lynx rufus
Status
Rare or common, depending on geographic region.
States
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Nevada
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Wyoming
Distribution
All of contiguous US, except for parts of California, Utah, Colorado, agricultural areas of the midwest and coastal areas of the mid Atlantic states.
Notes
As with the Canada lynx, bobcats are very secretive and seldom observed even in areas it occupies. Slightly smaller than the lynx, it is capable of taking adult white-tailed deer. Though mainly a carnivore, their diet consists of a large array of plant
Florida
becoming more common in suburban areas where it is becoming a nuisance
Georgia
Secretive, rarely seen
Illinois
Once occurred statewide