. The Canadian field-naturalist. 496 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 108 100 km. ? Reported Distribution (Smith 1993) EXTENDED DISTRIBUTION © Fresh Tracks © Public sightings Cypress Hills Figure 1. Distribution of the Bobcat in southeastern Alberta ( = Canadian Forces Base Suffield). Alberta, with warm summers (30-40°C) and low pre- cipitation (summer average 40 mm). Winter temper- atures average °C, with shallow snow and only a few days of continous snow cover. If deep snow lim- its Bobcat distribution as suggested by Parker et al. (1983), the Suffield area would appear su
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 496 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 108 100 km. ? Reported Distribution (Smith 1993) EXTENDED DISTRIBUTION © Fresh Tracks © Public sightings Cypress Hills Figure 1. Distribution of the Bobcat in southeastern Alberta ( = Canadian Forces Base Suffield). Alberta, with warm summers (30-40°C) and low pre- cipitation (summer average 40 mm). Winter temper- atures average °C, with shallow snow and only a few days of continous snow cover. If deep snow lim- its Bobcat distribution as suggested by Parker et al. (1983), the Suffield area would appear suitable as Bobcat habitat. Additional sightings are necessary to further elaborate the Bobcats' distribution in Alberta. Acknowledgments This study was funded by the Canadian Wildlife Service and the Canadian Forces Base Suffield. We thank G. Trottier, L. Shandruk and L. Carbyn for their support. We are grateful to the ranchers and farmers for their comments, especially J. Campbell and B. Page. W. Calvert and L. Carbyn made valu- able comments on the manuscript. Literature Cited: Banfield, A. W. F. 1974. The mammals of Canada. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario. 438 pages. Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second edition, 2 volumes, John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York. 1181 pages. Murie, O. J. 1954. A field guide to animal tracks. [Second edition 1974]. The Peterson Field Guide Series, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 376 pages. Parker, G. R., J. W. Maxwell, L. D. Morton, G. E. J. Smith. 1983. The ecology of the lynx, Lynx canadien- sis, on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61:770-786. Smith, H. C. 1993. Alberta Mammals. The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. 239 pages. Soper, J. D. 1964. The mammals of Alberta. The Hamley Press Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 402 pages. Williams, M. Y. 1946. Notes on the vertebrates of the southern plains in Canada, 1923-1926. Canadian Field- Naturalist 60(3): 47-60. Received 11 Oc
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