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Bobcat or Ocelot ?

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AGGIE WH08P
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Got these pics from my game camera. Finally download the sd card and got a clearer image. One is from the gamecam app and one is from the same pic from my desktop, zoomed in. Same picture.

What do y'all think it is? Just a normal bobcat with great markings, or possibly an ocelot? I'm assuming not a lynx??







DriftwoodAg
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Looks like an ocelot to me, but kind of thick
powerbelly
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Doesn't look like ocelot to me. My vote is bobcat.

Doesn't have the chain spots and looks like pointy ears.
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Looks like white ear spots, but the image quality on my phone is crap.
schmellba99
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Bob, look at the tail
AGGIE WH08P
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Ya, I see the white ear marking.

And from what the interweb tells me, ocelots have longer tails. This one looks short, like a bobcat.
carl spacklers hat
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Bobcat.

But, to help really settle it, in what county was pic taken?
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AGGIE WH08P
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Eastland Co
carl spacklers hat
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100% bobcat. Ocelot only found in extreme south Texas.
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ttha_aggie_09
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Bobcat. The light through the canopy is just making it look like different coloration than your standard bobcat.
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cupofjoe04
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I was 1000% sure it was a Bobcat before opening the thread.

Pics confirm suspicion.
ttha_aggie_09
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Why would you post a picture of a lynx?
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ttha_aggie_09
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Anyone seen Ursusguy in a while? Don't seem to remember him posting on here lately… hope he's doing well!
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I can confirm he's alive & well
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44mAG
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Just a very pretty colored and marked bobcat.
ttha_aggie_09
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Good to hear! I hadn't heard from him in a while but I did trade messages with him a few months ago.
zooguy96
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Ocelots are only going to be in extreme south Texas in scrub habitat. They don't diverge from that habitat. Very secretive and not seen very often.
AGGIE WH08P
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Ahh good to read that everyone seems to agree.
That was my guess as well.

We might try to call him in this weekend!
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There was a Bengal housecat similar to the pic that wandered into the greenbelt behind my house a couple of years ago. Someone got a picture of it and holy sh*t did it cause a ruckus.
Spotted cat with a long tail, clearly not a bobcat... according to the local know it alls, at best it was an ocelot, many were afraid it was a jaguar or a leopard.
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SanAntoneAg
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Bobcat.

We don't have lynx here and you don't have ocelot in Eastland Co.
Gig 'em! '90
nealan
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I have a Bengal cat. Looks just like the pic you posted. She disappeared for 3 weeks once and I knew someone had killed her. Dumb$#!% showed back up one day like nothing ever happened. Cats are weird
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ttha_aggie_09 said:

Why would you post a picture of a lynx?


You mean "suped up wild cat!"?
carl spacklers hat
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Nice catch, taquache. Would love to know where that pic was taken.
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Centerpole90
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carl spacklers hat said:

100% bobcat. Ocelot only found in extreme south Texas.
To this very good point - I would like to add a link to this particular MeatEater podcast episode that discusses with experts the kind of habitat that ocelot prefer and what is required to foster ocelot populations. I think a broader understanding of the amount of dense cover ocelot prefer would help sift a lot of misidentifications.

https://www.themeateater.com/listen/meateater/ep-243-boggeying-in-the-brushworld

Now. I've done my part of the ocelot world. Can I haz Enlist herbicide back please?
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Thanks for sharing that podcast - very interesting. I especially like the discussion around the ESA and private landowners. I have a friend down here who owns a ranch in Starr County. He has jaguarandi on his land, has the game cam pics to prove it but those pics will never see the light of day because of the authority granted to the Feds via ESA.
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Txag17
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That is one beautiful bobcat! Go get him!
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