I thought it was pretty easy to determine. Your guess?

That lynx looks demonic.

I'd agree with that.

It's cuz of the beard

Top one is the lynx IMO.
I have seen exactly zero lynx in the wild!

Its pretty amazing how similar they are!

Im going to guess the lynx is the top one just because those massive snow shoes are the end of his legs. Those paws are enormous!

I can't be the only one opening this thread expecting a picture of a Bobcat in a Dallas/Houston suburb, right?

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I can't be the only one opening this thread expecting a picture of a Bobcat in a Dallas/Houston suburb, right?

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There's more cougars in those areas than bobcats...........

I thought the difference between the two was just location?

Is this a trick question?

Lynx have larger paws, less spots, longer ears, and all black tail. #1 if def lynx.

That lynx would steal the brisket off your offset smoker, inappropriately tough your wife, then **** on your front porch. No thanks.

Not easy to tell at all. A few years ago I caught something on a game camera at my cabin in the Sangre De Cristos. Sent it to the local office of Wyoming Game and Fish and got an email back saying they had a debate but the majority voted bobcat.

I had a couple of biologist on our ranch that could not tell the difference between an Axis and a spotted Fallow.
I kid you not.

A bobcat is a lynx soooo

Gunny456 said:

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I had a couple of biologist on our ranch that could not tell the difference between an Axis and a spotted Fallow.
I kid you not.

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The only way to be sure is to kill both and eat them. Whichever one tastes the best is the axis

They are different species but not by much.

Bobcat and Lynx genus are both Lynxes.
Whitetail and Mule Deer genus are both Odocoileus.
Both similar but different I guess.

Love ya man! True great logic!

I'm pretty sure this is one of the species that the geneticist want to lump together. They don't really pass the individual species test as I'm pretty sure they can interbreed and produce viable offspring and are genetically the same. Differences come in size and appearance based on their location.
But I generally fall with the lumpers and not the splitters.

There is actually 12 listed sub-species of Bobcats. Ref: USDA/ gov.

Top is Lynx. Dad shot or ahot at one many years ago on Colorado at his grandmas. He said it made a god awful scream. They could never find it after tracking for a good ways.

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Not easy to tell at all. A few years ago I caught something on a game camera at my cabin in the Sangre De Cristos. Sent it to the local office of Wyoming Game and Fish and got an email back saying they had a debate but the majority voted bobcat.

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The what? Are the Sangre de Cristos not confined to New Mexico and Colorado?

normaleagle05 said:

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McInnis said:

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Not easy to tell at all. A few years ago I caught something on a game camera at my cabin in the Sangre De Cristos. Sent it to the local office of Wyoming Game and Fish and got an email back saying they had a debate but the majority voted bobcat.

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The what? Are the Sangre de Cristos not confined to New Mexico and Colorado?

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Yes they are. I owned a cabin in the east foothills of the Sangres, southwest of Westliffe CO, while living in Wyoming. I sent the photo to the local office of Game and Fish.