Bobcat vs Deer

[WildcatB]

A friend sent this to me today. He said it was taken recently near a local mine.





Paul

[Coyboy]

nice lookin cat, I'd pop his a$$ even if he was ugly.

[davewilson]

is that a bobcat or a Lynx? not gonna claim to have seen many Bobcat's, but that thing looks huge compared to anything i've ever seen.

[WildcatB]

It is big. But I'm sure it's a Bobcat.




In the last picture on you can see the banding on the tail plus the smaller tuffs on it's ears. Lynx don't have banded tails and have longer tuffs.



Here's a picture of a lynx:






Paul

[johnnyk]

I looked it up and they do inter-breed where their territories overlap. They are called Blynx or LynxCat's...no kidding...did a google search...JohnnyK.

[SGAL1]

The Bobcat doesn't look like he has missed many meals lately.
He looks well fed. He also looks like he is not in the mood to share.

[bigngreen]

That is a huge tom bobcat!!! A lynx is actually lighter than a bobcat in there build, they are real thin and lanky, but Bobs are stouter, shorter with a worse attitude. He's likely to push the 50-60lb range.
I have had to release a couple cats in that size range they are impresive there front legs are the size of your arms, they will tear you up if you don't fling and run! I would rather tangle with a MT lion than that dude any day of the week!!
Real cool pic !!!