Table 3. Animal food items in 146 bobcat scats collected on the core study area, 1967-1979.


 Minimum % of Scats % Biomass
 Scientific Common Number of % of Total Containing of All
 Name Name Individuals Prey Items Prey Item Prey Items


MAMMALS 250 89.9 100.0 99.9
Sylvilagus floridanus Eastern cottontail 110 39.6 75.3 74.0
Sigmodon hispidus Hispid cotton rat 72 25.9 49.3 4.0
S. palustris Marsh rabbit 20 7.2 13.7 8.5
Podomys floridanus Florida mouse 11 4.0 7.5 0.2
Sciurus carolinensis Gray squirrel 10 3.6 6.8 1.8
Didelphis virginiana Opossum 5 1.8 3.4 6.2
Rattus rattus Black rat 4 1.4 2.7 0.2
Peromyscuspolionotus Oldfield mouse 4 1.4 2.7 <0.1
Glaucomys volans Southern flying squirrel 3 1.1 2.1 0.1
Oryzomyspalustris Marsh rice rat 3 1.1 2.1 0.1
Neofiber alleni Round-tailed muskrat 2 0.7 1.4 0.3
Procyon lotor Raccoon 2 0.7 1.4 3.6
Bos taurus Cow 1 0.4 0.7 *
Sus scrofa Pig 1 0.4 0.7
Unidentified Mammals 2 0.7 1.4

BIRDS 28 10.1 16.4 1.0
Colinus virginianus Northern bobwhite 2 0.7 1.4 0.2
Cyanocitta cristata Blue jay 1 0.4 0.7 <0.1
Gallus gallus Chicken 1 0.4 0.7 0.8
Sturnella magna Eastern meadowlark 1 0.4 0.7 <0.1
Unidentified Birds 23 8.3 15.8


* Assumed to be carrion