GPS locations of Bobcats on and around Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge from 2013-2021: USFWS-TXDOT Collaborative Dataset

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) have collected and curated Global Positioning System (GPS) locations from GPS-enabled Tellus Ultralight neck-collars placed on bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Texas. Bobcats were captured in box-traps, sedated, anesthetized, fit with a GPS collar, and released on USFWS lands following protocols in Sternberg and Swarts (2021) (doi.org/10.7944/pbwy-se62 and doi.org/10.7944/wx3d-jd10).

This dataset includes 51,213 GPS locations from 30 male or female bobcats being monitored from 2013 to 2021. Locations in this dataset occur on and around Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. These locations are stored using latitude and longitude with a WGS84 reference system.