![]() ![]() Their enlarged paws act like snowshoes, enabling these hunters to pursue such game as snowshoe hares with relative ease. ![]() The lynx is a cold-weather cat that lives further north and at higher elevations. Also, lynx ears have longer tufts.īut where these felines truly deviate from each other is in their lifestyle preferences. If you were to compare their hindquarters, you'd notice that a bobcat has black bands on its tail, whereas a lynx's tail only displays a solid, black tip. Another key dissimilarity lies in the fur: Bobcats have short, reddish-brown coats with well-defined spots while lynx are shaggy, gray, and have faded spots. Still, some noticeable differences do exist between them.įirst, the Canada lynx is slightly bigger with longer limbs and larger feet. ![]() Both, after all, are similarly proportioned, mid-sized cats with stumpy tails and pointed ears. On the surface, these two species look very much alike. While bobcats are actually a type of lynx (another accepted name for them is the bay lynx-more on that in a minute), in North America, the term is more generally associated with the Canada lynx. Bobcats and Canada lynx are not the same thing. (In barbershop lingo, hair that's been cut short is sometimes called “bobbed.”) Other names these animals go by include bobtailed cats and wildcats-but neither of these names are generally accepted because there's a breed of domestic cat called a bobtail cat, and wildcat is now generally restricted to members of Felis silvestris, an unrelated species. Though many felines have long, sinuous tails, an adult bobcat's averages just 6 to 7 inches in length the word bobcat is a reference to this stubby appendage. ![]()
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