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I agree peetzakilla. I had some pictures of one back in the spring.
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Sometimes it's also simply better for the animal if it "doesn't exist".
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A quick-glance differentiation between a bobcat and a lynx, other than size, would be the grayer color of the lynx and the larger ear tufts.
I've only seen a lynx in a zoo, although I've been sorta up close and personal with a bobcat or two: http://thefiringline.com/forums/atta...1&d=1122235264 |
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Basically, it really doesn't look much at all like a fox, and a lot like a bobcat.
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Linx has big feet to help going through the snow ! It was a lynx !
One comment I saw was that a 30 lb lynx has bigger feet than a 200 lb mountain lion !!
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I'm not too sure the place I found the bobcat and lynx photos at really know which is which. Need to look on some biology source I guess but let's try this for now.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobcat Looks like a Lynx to me.... . |
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Let's add a poll
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Back some fifty years ago, a family in Fort Lauderdale found a little spotted kitten. They took it in and raised it. But it was a fighting little dude, whipping the neighborhood dogs. In one fight it got a couple of cuts so they took it to the vet. When they got it back, the bill was up around $150. They were shocked and asked why so high.
The vet explained that Florida law required that he pull the eyeteeth and front claws, for people to be able to have a pet bobcat. |
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Now that It's pointed out I do see the stripes on the animal
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The paws sure look lynxie.
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Vince, I don't think he was saying they were the same ......
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oh. my bad.
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I saw a post that said that bobcats and Canadian Lynxes were essentially the same species with only variations due to regional differences--like the regional subspecies variations in the single species, Puma concolor (cougar/mountain lion/Florida panther/puma/etc.)
I responded that they bobcat (Lynx rufus) and the Canadian Lynx (Lynx canadensis) are actually distinct (different) species, they are not the merely subspecies or regional variations. They are in the same genus, however. Here's a factsheet on how to tell the difference between bobcats and lynxes. http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/lib...ke_of_lynx.pdf As far as 30lbs being a half-grown Canadian Lynx, from everything I can find, the average size for adult males is pretty close to 30lbs--maybe even a little under that. It would seem that in the wild, anything over 40lbs is truly exceptional. Maybe they get heavier in captivity.
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pick one up some time, it will be the heaviest 30 lbs you have ever lifted. i promise. canadians are probably a bit lighter then a siberian, but the are definatly well over 30 lbs. a coyote is 30 to 50 lbs, and they are much smaller
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Texas bobcats run 25 to 35 pounds; I've read that the more northern bobcats are heavier--which ties in with my previous comments in another thread about size differences between northern and southern critters of a species.
Siberian? A NatGeo program on Siberia claimed that the big male bears there could regularly go as much as a ton. I'd therefore not be surprised that other examples would show larger sizes than here in the US. |
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Well I'm gonna throw in my $.02 here!!
As for the original post, Lynx all the way. I would guess it is one of this years juveniles. BIGR SAID: Quote:
As for Texas bobcats, 25-30lbs is not unheard of by any means, in NE Texas I think the average may be about 5 lbs lighter. I have seen pics of bobcats in the mid 30s from around here, but most of the ones I have seen are in the low to mid 20s. The local taxi I trade with mounted 54 bobcats from last Winter. I didn't see them all but got reports of the sizes and pics of the big ones. I watched as he and his apprentice mounted a few. On to this size of a linx, I thinks it it depends on the location and the sub-species. Part of an article on the subject: Quote:
Most information list a full grown North American lynx tom at 20-30 lbs, but they do get a LOT bigger!! Here is a video of Loren Reese, an avid hunter/caller in Alaska who also make some great calls. This is a larger then average tom, but none the less BIG! Big Lynx called in in Kenai, Alaska with Loren Reese of Reese Outdoors It almost looks like the Grentch!! Beautiful cat none the less!
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