The Bobcat of North America: Its History, Life Habits, Economic Status and Control, with List of Currently Recognized Subspecies - Young, Stanley P.
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The book is a complete scientific study of the subject from every angle, interestingly spiced with anecdotes from the author's own rich personal experience. How big is a "big" bobcat? How serious is bobcat predation on game animals? How can a small bobcat pull down and kill a deer five times its own weight? What are the habits and habitat of the bobcat? What are the ranges of its various scientifically recognized races? All of these questions and many more are answered in the pages of this generously illustrated book.

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The book is a complete scientific study of the subject from every angle, interestingly spiced with anecdotes from the author's own rich personal experience. How big is a "big" bobcat? How serious is bobcat predation on game animals? How can a small bobcat pull down and kill a deer five times its own weight? What are the habits and habitat of the bobcat? What are the ranges of its various scientifically recognized races? All of these questions and many more are answered in the pages of this generously illustrated book.
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Stanley Young held many positions with government wildlife management, including the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and the Biological Survey. He was named the first director of the Bird and Mammal laboratories in 1957. Young's chief interests were the predatory mammals of the West: the wolf, coyote, puma, and bobcat. His major publications included The Wolves of North America, with Edward Alphonso Goldman (1944), The Puma, Mysterious American Cat, with E. A. Goldman (1946), The Wolf in North American History (1946), and The Clever Coyote, with Hartley H. T. Jackson (1951)