What is it?
May 15, 2021 22:51:32 #
May 15, 2021 22:52:52 #
That was my picture of the bobcat. Initially, I mistook it for a juvenile mountain lion. Others corrected it to a bobcat.
AirWalter wrote:
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the dark colored vertical stripes in it's ears. Just like the ears of the bobcat image that someone posted.
May 16, 2021 20:44:37 #
Most likely a fox. Mt lion ears are rounded and their nose is much flatter than this. Maybe it's a neighbor's dog. Great photo from a phone.
May 17, 2021 16:21:40 #
The way I perceived the picture I did not see a pointy nose and immediately thought it was a young or baby mountain lion. Bob cats have tufted ears and I don't see those in the picture. Maybe a hybrid domestic cat. If you saw it from the side and saw a pointed nose I would vote for fox. Are the puma and bobcat native to your area?
Phone cameras routinely do a lot of enhancing, and maybe manipulation, and can make Popeye look like Brad Pitt in order to please the shooter so I don't put much stock in what I see coming out of a phone.
Phone cameras routinely do a lot of enhancing, and maybe manipulation, and can make Popeye look like Brad Pitt in order to please the shooter so I don't put much stock in what I see coming out of a phone.
May 17, 2021 18:19:42 #
rv8striker
Loc: St. Louis, MO area
[quote=fantom]Are the puma and bobcat native to your area?
Bobcats?... Yes. Pumas, cougars or mountain lions (all the same critter) once upon a time long ago but are being seen here again in the last few years. I’m convinced it is a fox. Neighbors are reporting seeing a cute fox running around.
Bobcats?... Yes. Pumas, cougars or mountain lions (all the same critter) once upon a time long ago but are being seen here again in the last few years. I’m convinced it is a fox. Neighbors are reporting seeing a cute fox running around.
May 17, 2021 18:35:55 #
[quote=rv8striker]
So, just to clarify, did you see it from the side and could confirm the long nose? If so.I agree with you that it is a fox.
Thanks
fantom wrote:
Are the puma and bobcat native to your area?
Bobcats?... Yes. Pumas, cougars or mountain lions (all the same critter) once upon a time long ago but are being seen here again in the last few years. I’m convinced it is a fox. Neighbors are reporting seeing a cute fox running around.
Bobcats?... Yes. Pumas, cougars or mountain lions (all the same critter) once upon a time long ago but are being seen here again in the last few years. I’m convinced it is a fox. Neighbors are reporting seeing a cute fox running around.
So, just to clarify, did you see it from the side and could confirm the long nose? If so.I agree with you that it is a fox.
Thanks
May 18, 2021 16:18:16 #
rv8striker
Loc: St. Louis, MO area
fantom wrote:
So, just to clarify, did you see it from the side and could confirm the long nose? If so.I agree with you that it is a fox.
Thanks
Thanks
Yes, I got a got a quick side view and yes, it had a pointy nose.
May 18, 2021 16:20:35 #
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