National Quail Symposium Proceedings
Article Title
Abstract
We reviewed 54 scientific articles about bobcat (Lynx rufus) food habits to determine the occurrence of quail, birds, and mesopredators including red (Vulpes vulpes) and gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), raccoon (Procyon lotor), skunk (Mephitis spp.), and opossum (Didelphis virginianus). Quail (Colinus virginianus, Cyrtonyx montezumae, Callipepla squamata, C. gambelii, C. californica, Oreortyx pictus) were found in 9 diet studies and constituted 3% of the bobcat diet in only 2 of 54 studies. Birds occurred in 47 studies, but were also a minor dietary component in most studies. Although mesopredators were represented as bobcat prey in 33 of 47 studies, their percent occurrence within bobcat diets was low and showed regional patterns of occurrence. Bobcats are a minor quail predator, but felid effects on mesopredators and secondary impacts on quail need to be studied.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7290/nqsp0546d9
Recommended Citation
Tewes, Michael E.; Mock, Jennifer M.; and Young, John H.
(2002)
"Bobcat Predation on Quail, Birds, and Mesomammals,"
National Quail Symposium Proceedings: Vol. 5
, Article 9.
https://doi.org/10.7290/nqsp0546d9
Available at:
https://trace.tennessee.edu/nqsp/vol5/iss1/9