Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: Felidae
Order: Carnivora
Genus: Lynx Kerr
Species: Bobcat
Subspecies
There are 13 subspecies of Bobcat but only two are recognized as valid: the Lynx rufus rufus in the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. and the Lynx rufus fasciatus in the Western Great Plains.
How long has this species been in existence?
The Bobcat is believed to have first appeared in the Irvingtonian age, which was 1.8 million years ago.
Closest living relative to the Bobcat: Tigers, Lions, Domestic Cats, and Jaguars.
2 Ancestors of the Bobcat: The Eurasian Lynx and the Issoire Lynx, which both crossed into North America by way of the Bering Land Bridge during the Pleistocene era.