A medium-sized, short-tailed cat, reddish brown with a sprinkling of black is the usual color character of this animal. It's underparts are light, with a black bar pattern on top of the short, 4-5 inch tail. Males weigh in averages of 15-20 lbs., females approximately 10-17 lbs. Males also are more colorful than the female. 

The bobcat eats anything from small mammals to assorted bird species, and are very hardly animals. Often attacking snakes, lizards, and pond animals. Many times the cats are found playing with their food, rubbing it's scent all over it's body while tossing it into the air and around on the ground. After the food is confirmed dead, it is then eaten. They prefer wooded, brushy areas adjacent to swamps, farm lands and clearcuts wherever sufficient cover and adequate prey populations exist. 

The female makes her den in hollowed logs, small abandoned burrows and underbrush. Bobcats are found throughout the state of Georgia. Adult male bobcats range on territories up to five miles, whereas females seldom venture more than two. 

The resident species living at Obediah's Okefenok, were provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division. Some were captured from areas as nuisances to livestock and two were confiscated from residents without proper permits. It is against the law to trap, house or kill wildlife species without proper authority. The bobcat pictured is an older female.