Observations of Intraspecific Interactions of Bobcats in the Southern High Plains of Texas

Ray, James D.; Thurmond, Lena M.; Matlack, Raymond S.; Cunningham, Joshua A.

doi:10.1894/0038-4909-62.3.238

Title: Observations of Intraspecific Interactions of Bobcats in the Southern High Plains of Texas

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Bobcats are solitary felines, having minimal interaction between individuals except for mating or rearing of kittens by females. We report observations of non-aggressive interactions observed and photographed among bobcats in an impacted landscape of the Southern High Plains of Texas. Here, these included the temporary mixing of bobcat litters with at least one adult female present, interactions involving related females and a juvenile, a male bobcat in the presence of a nursing female and her kittens, and several adult bobcats accompanied by a juvenile.

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Ray, James D. ^[1]; Thurmond, Lena M. ^[2]; Matlack, Raymond S. ^[2]; Cunningham, Joshua A. ^[1]

Pantex Plant (PTX), Amarillo, TX (United States)
West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Pantex Plant (PTX), Amarillo, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1410336

Report Number(s):: PX-2209
Journal ID: ISSN 0038-4909

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001942

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Southwestern Naturalist

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 62; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0038-4909

Publisher:: BioOne

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; bobcat; interaction; high plains; lynx

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                    Ray, James D., Thurmond, Lena M., Matlack, Raymond S., and Cunningham, Joshua A. Observations of Intraspecific Interactions of Bobcats in the Southern High Plains of Texas.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Ray, James D., Thurmond, Lena M., Matlack, Raymond S., & Cunningham, Joshua A. Observations of Intraspecific Interactions of Bobcats in the Southern High Plains of Texas.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-62.3.238

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                    Ray, James D., Thurmond, Lena M., Matlack, Raymond S., and Cunningham, Joshua A. Wed .  
"Observations of Intraspecific Interactions of Bobcats in the Southern High Plains of Texas".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-62.3.238.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1410336.

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@article{osti_1410336,

  title        = {Observations of Intraspecific Interactions of Bobcats in the Southern High Plains of Texas},

  author       = {Ray, James D. and Thurmond, Lena M. and Matlack, Raymond S. and Cunningham, Joshua A.},

  abstractNote = {Bobcats are solitary felines, having minimal interaction between individuals except for mating or rearing of kittens by females. We report observations of non-aggressive interactions observed and photographed among bobcats in an impacted landscape of the Southern High Plains of Texas. Here, these included the temporary mixing of bobcat litters with at least one adult female present, interactions involving related females and a juvenile, a male bobcat in the presence of a nursing female and her kittens, and several adult bobcats accompanied by a juvenile.},

  doi          = {10.1894/0038-4909-62.3.238},

  journal      = {Southwestern Naturalist},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 62,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Wed Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

}

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