Bobcat
Lynx rufus (Schreber, 1777)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Carnivora |
| Family | Felidae |
| Genus | Lynx |
| Species | Lynx rufus (Schreber, 1777) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Arkansas
- Randolph
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
- Tennessee
- Hamilton
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2016.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Prince Edward Island
- SNA Not Applicable
- Quebec
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Nova Scotia
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Manitoba
- S3 Vulnerable
- New Brunswick
- S4 Apparently Secure
- British Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Saskatchewan
- S3 Vulnerable
- Alberta
- S3 Vulnerable
- South Dakota
- S5 Secure
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Arizona
- S5 Secure
- Oregon
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- California
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Wisconsin
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Washington
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Navajo Nation
- S5 Secure
- Nevada
- S5 Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- S3 Vulnerable
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Louisiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Nebraska
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Wyoming
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- SH Possibly Extirpated
- Montana
- S5 Secure
- Maine
- S5 Secure
- New Jersey
- S2 Imperiled
- West Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alabama
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ohio
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Delaware
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S3 Vulnerable
- New Hampshire
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Idaho
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Kansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- North Dakota
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S3 Vulnerable
- South Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Utah
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Michigan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- Colorado
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Connecticut
- S2 Imperiled
- Rhode Island
- SU Unrankable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Matthews, L.E. 2007. Caves of Chattanooga. National Speleological Society, Huntsville, Alabama, USA. 192 pp. ISBN 978–1-879961–27–2.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
How to cite this account
Lynx rufus (Schreber, 1777). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2604. https://cavebiology.org/species/lynx-rufus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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