Cougar or bobcat?

[Joel/ak]

It's a crappy pic I know.

 

[Jstpssng]

Bobcat.
I'm not sure where you are though, so could be mistaken. I don't see a tail though.

 

[BoylermanCT]

Looks like a bobcat to me

 

[civilian]

I will go with couger. Looks too long for a bobcat. Just my thoughts. Jon

 

[Joel/ak]

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.

 

[Jstpssng]

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.

 

[Joel/ak]

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

 

[Joel/ak]

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....

 

[Sawyer Rob]

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

 

[ponytug]

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