Ring-tailed bobcat
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| Species: | L. kudukae
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| Lynx kudukae | |
The ring-tailed bobcat (Lynx kudukae), also called the Kuduk bobcat, is a small-sized wildcat native to the island country of Kuduk. It ranges mostly on the central and eastern areas of Kakut, Sagut, and Heiki. It is listed as a Least Concern species by the extinction index due to its stable population size. The ring-tailed bobcat is also a spiritually significant animal in Kuduk Shamanism.
It has a distinctive black and white coloring pattern on its fur as well as interchanging black and white rings on its tail that serve as its namesake. It reaches a total length (including the tail) of up to 125 cm (50 in). It is an adaptable predator, inhabiting wooded areas, prairies, urban edge, forest edge, and taigas. The bobcat prefers to eat geese, rabbits, guinea pigs, and other small birds and mammals. Like most cats, the ring-tailed bobcat is largely solitary and territorial