Scavenging by a Bobcat, Lynx rufus

Authors

  • Steven G. Platt Department of Biological Sciences, P.O. Box C-64, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas, 79832
  • Gerard T. Salmon P.O. Box 167, Boerne, Texas, 78006
  • Stanlee M. Miller Campbell Museum of Natural History, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 29634
  • Thomas R. Rainwater Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Rollings Marine Laboratory, 333 Ft. Johnson Road, Charleston, North Carolina, 29412

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v124i3.1086

Keywords:

Bobcat, Lynx rufus, scavenging, carrion, diet, food habits, blow fly, Calliphoridae

Abstract

There are few available reports of scavenging (carrion foraging) by Bobcats (Lynx rufus). We recovered the remains of a Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) from the stomach of a road-killed female Bobcat in Dutchess County, New York. The presence of Blow Fly eggs on the squirrel remains indicate that it was consumed as carrion. To our knowledge this is the third confirmed instance of scavenging by a Bobcat.

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Vol. 124 No. 3 (2010)

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