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Lara asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 2 years ago

Is this a lynx or a bobcat or both?

I got this for my daughter in a zoo gift shop. The tag says bobcat but I always thought Bobcats had short tails. My daughter doesn't care she calls it kitty. I dont really care either but I'm still curious

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  • 2 years ago

    It resembles a 'cowlynx'.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    I think it is closer to a lynx but that is just my opinion. I remember once riding on a train and there were a couple of calves (baby cows), that were playing in the field and the man in front of me poked his wife and told to her to look at the bobcats playing. I don't always butt in but I couldn't help myself and told him those were calves and he just looked at me like I was crazy. He'll have a good story about seeing a couple bobcats. My first impression with the stuffed toy was a lion so it can be whatever you like, just not a calf please.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    It is a stuffed toy mass produced to be sold in places like zoo gift shops. You should not expect them to bear a good resemblance to the animal they are meant to be.

  • 2 years ago

    Stuffed toys are often not very close to reality on animals. That looks nothing like a bobcat or lynx.

  • 2 years ago

    Without seeing the tail on it, I can't tell you one way or the other! However, the skin color on the stuffed animal, makes it a bobcat, they tend to have orange/bright baige skin tone to them, whereas a lynx's is more grey/darker.

    Seen them both.

  • 2 years ago

    Yes they are both part of the same order

  • 2 years ago

    Bobcats are part of the lynx family. This fella has the signature ink-dipped tail but not the tufts of black hair sprouting from the tips of the ears, so let's call him a bobcat.

    Source(s): San Diego Zoo: "Lynx and Bobcat" https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/lynx-and-b...
  • L.N.
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Just a cat, named Bob. Chinese translations are hit and miss.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    It is a bobolynx

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