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A Clowder of Bobcats

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A group of bobcats is sometimes called a clowder. What Does “A Clowder of Bobcats” Mean? Bobcats borrow “clowder” from the broader wildcat family, since a term specific to bobcats never really settled into common use. That’s fitting given how the animals actually live: bobcats are solitary and territorial, marking and patrolling home ranges that … Read more

What Is a Group of Lynx Called?

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Cartoon illustration of rapper lynx wearing oversized gold chains, representing the collective noun “a chain of lynx.”

🐆 Mammals · Collective Nouns What Is a Group of Lynx Called? A term that gets used more in word lists than in the wild — because lynx mostly try to avoid each other. 💬 A group of lynx is most often called a chain of lynx, the collective noun cited most consistently across modern … Read more