tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post7814630880008728145..comments2023-09-20T11:00:37.211-05:00Comments on The Phytophactor: Don't need no stinkin' scienceThe Phytophactorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064894836161407416noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-22219178572967867522014-12-07T08:51:22.328-06:002014-12-07T08:51:22.328-06:00Sorry if I've confused you. We have a substan...Sorry if I've confused you. We have a substantial population of "bobcats", officially Lynx rufus. We also have, in the northern parts of the state (Maine) Lynx canadensis. In conversation we usually settle for "bobcat" and "lynx"(although it's not uncommon to hear "Canada lynx"). I'm not familiar with the current range of the "bobcat", but when I worked on resource inventories in Massachusetts I saw them from time to time. Here, where there are 15 persons per square mile, there just might be more bobcats than us folks. It's the L.canadensis that has recently been found to have a breeding population despite years of denials. Hope this corrects any confusion I caused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-7322934847263827592014-12-06T08:49:47.457-06:002014-12-06T08:49:47.457-06:00Your comment confused me. Bobcats are a species in...Your comment confused me. Bobcats are a species in the genus Lynx, but they are not called by the common name lynx. And we have plenty of squirrels we'd happily share with either species.<br />The Phytophactorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064894836161407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565734316555677541.post-71372063527831232602014-12-06T08:36:37.483-06:002014-12-06T08:36:37.483-06:00Bobcats we have - just watched one play whack-a-mo...Bobcats we have - just watched one play whack-a-mole with the squirrels under the birdfeeder. But Lynx? Well they denied and denied because they didn't want to admit that the traps used for coyotes could (did) snare Lynx. What a shock to have some biologists who found incontravertable evidence of breeding populations. Evidence is so darn inconvenient at times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com