Genetic analysis of harvest samples reveals population structure in a highly mobile generalist carnivore.

Delineating wildlife population boundaries is important for effective population monitoring and management. The bobcat () is a highly mobile generalist carnivore that is ecologically and economically important. We sampled 1225 bobcats harvested in South Dakota, USA (2014-2019), of which 878 were retained to assess genetic diversity and infer population genetic structure using 17 microsatellite loci.