Subject: Re: CAT - big one - what is it?
Date: Sep 25 11:56:44 1998
From: "S&C Richardson" - salix at halcyon.com


Andrew Sorenson, on Jerry Converse's cat photos...

> Looks like a typical bobcat to me - tawny mottled fur, longer tail than a
> lynx which have a really short tail, relatively short legs and small feet
> compared to a lynx. And the overall size of the animal suggests a bobcat.

Lynx tail tips ought to be fully encircled with black, rather than just the
dorsal surface, if I recall correctly. The facial ruff would be fuller on a
lynx, too, and I concur with Andrew's remarks on legs and feet.

The sole "lynx" feature seems to be the extended ear tufts, which might be a
tad longer than normal on this bobcat. Hybridization between lynx and bobcat
will not be determined through these photographs; I do not believe it has been
documented in wild populations of these species.

Cool photos, nonetheless.
--
Scott Richardson
Olympia, Washington
salix at halcyon.com