Record details

• ISBN: 0195183037 (cloth : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780195183030 (cloth : alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xvi, 212 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-203) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / Harley G. Shaw -- Introduction -- 1. Bobcat basics -- What's in a name? -- Whence came cats? -- The missing lynx -- Wildcat turf -- Subspecies and status -- Appearance and size -- 2. The petite predator -- Anatomy of a hunter -- What's on the menu? -- Killing for a living -- 3. From den to death -- Birth -- Growing up and leaving home -- Mating -- Death -- 4. Bobcats at home -- Where bobcats live -- Home range -- Bobcat society -- Bobcats on the move -- 5. From predator to pelt -- Native cultures and furbearers -- The commercial fur trade -- Predator control -- 6. The predator puzzle -- CITES -- Counting bobcats -- Harvest management -- Bobcat conservation -- Human dimensions -- Afterword : Bobcats beyond -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Bobcat.
Wildlife conservation.