Here in Missouri...the thing that sticks out seems to be the fact that no females have been discovered.....just males. The thinking being lone young males are pushed off the exisitng dominant males territory...left to travel and fend for themselves....these young cats are oftern forced to eat road kill..(maybe why many have been car struck). Seems they follow river basins and drainage areas..knowing game has to seek water. I saw one in South Texas a few years back...a fleeting image..but definitely a cat...too big to be an ocelot...(another scarce cat in S Texas)..and too long to be a bobcat....they are a majestic animal....