Cougar or bobcat?

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It's a crappy pic I know.

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   / Cougar or bobcat? #2  
Bobcat.
I'm not sure where you are though, so could be mistaken. I don't see a tail though.
 
   / Cougar or bobcat? #3  
Looks like a bobcat to me
 
   / Cougar or bobcat?
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I don't see a tail either and we have seen juvenile bobcats but this one's body just looks different.
In SW MI. They say not cougars down here this far.
 
   / Cougar or bobcat? #6  
I don't see a tail either and we have seen juvenile bobcats but this one's body just looks different.
In SW MI. They say not cougars down here this far.
If they're nearby it could always be a transcient... young males tend to wander far from home. (Sound familiar?;) )

It really does have a longer body than I would expect on a bobcat.
 
   / Cougar or bobcat?
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Wife was a taxidermist in AK and she would deal alot with lynx. So we have an idea on bodies. Just not familiar with cougars
 
   / Cougar or bobcat?
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If they're nearby it could always be a transcient... young males tend to wander far from home. (Sound familiar?;) )

It really does have a longer body than I would expect on a bobcat.
Oh yeah, Asia was good for me....👍
 
   / Cougar or bobcat? #9  
I don't see a tail either and we have seen juvenile bobcats but this one's body just looks different.
In SW MI. They say not cougars down here this far.
There's been pictures of cougar's around Grand Rapids, no reason they wouldn't wander south of there...

SR
 
   / Cougar or bobcat? #10  
Yes, not the greatest photo, but it is hard to get good ones of cats. We have both around here, and it looks more like a bobcat to me, just by how it is moving. Generally, I find that it is hard to miss a tail on a cougar or mountain lion, even young ones that still have spots.

All the best,

Peter
 

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