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: a common North American lynx (Lynx rufus) reddish in base color with dark markings
—used for a small 4-wheeled or tracklaying work vehicle (as for excavating or for lifting and moving loads)
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Staff Author, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Because bobcats frequently eat rodents, anything that attracts rodents can also attract bobcats.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Indiana’s first bobcat trapping season in more than five decades ended nearly two months early after trappers met the statewide quota within four weeks of opening day.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 8 Dec. 2025
Creatures people see regularly include bobcats, gray foxes, mule deer, coyotes, reptiles (though not in winter), and collared peccaries, which resemble small pigs and travel around in little family groups eating cacti.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Before the state was widely settled in the 19th and 20th centuries, bobcats thrived in Michigan's Upper Peninsula; however, long-term human encroachment into their natural habitats has reduced the feline's numbers.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Because bobcats frequently eat rodents, anything that attracts rodents can also attract bobcats.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Indiana’s first bobcat trapping season in more than five decades ended nearly two months early after trappers met the statewide quota within four weeks of opening day.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 8 Dec. 2025
Creatures people see regularly include bobcats, gray foxes, mule deer, coyotes, reptiles (though not in winter), and collared peccaries, which resemble small pigs and travel around in little family groups eating cacti.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Bobcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bobcat. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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bobcat
noun
bob·cat
ˈbäb-ˌkat 
: a common usually rusty-colored North American lynx with dark spots
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