Assertion: bobcat | /r/HasProperty | absent
Facets:
value: for decades
type: TEMPORAL
value: totally
type: DEGREE
value: in the majority of the state
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In the 1930’s and 1940’s, bobcats were found very sparingly in all extreme corners of Iowa, but they were totally absent in the majority of the state.
text: Many species of cats are great fishers, and bobcats are no exception.
text: In several years, we tallied over 1,000 sightings that spanned over 70 percent of the state’s townships, including those in the developed southeastern region, where bobcats had been absent for decades.
text: Bobcats are absent from parts of the northern plains and eastern U.S. Bobcats have a more southern distribution than the more northerly lynx, but there is a region of overlap along the U.S.-Canada border.