Heres a couple bobcats for comparison ,I believe lynx are larger but we don't have lynx on the mainland. The trapper that i give my kills to snared a 45 pound bobcat once and he looked twice as big as any i ever took him.
That looks like a lynx to me. A dull mousey brown body with tan fading to ceam belly. Bobcats have stripes/spots with black tufts on the tips of their tails and ears.
That being said the two species are both scientifically named lynx and will interbreed when members of their own sub-speices are not present and over 20 hybrid subspecis have been identified. The "lynx" or lynx Canadensis and the "bobcat" lynx rufus are the two main North American species.
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The following is according to wikipedia
Three subspecies of the Canada lynx are currently recognised:
L. canadensis canadensis
L. canadensis mollipilosus
L. canadensis subsolanus:[1] the Newfoundland lynx is larger than the mainland subspecies, and is known to kill caribou calves when snowshoe hares are not available.
The appearance of the Canada lynx is similar to that of the Eurasian lynx: the dense fur is silvery brown and may bear blackish markings. In summer, its coat takes on a more reddish brown color. It has a furry ruff which resembles a double-pointed beard, a short tail with a black tip, and long furry tufts on its ears. Its long legs with broad furred feet aid in traveling through deep snow.
It is smaller than its Eurasian cousin, at an average weight of 8 to 11#kg (18 to 24#lb), 80 to 105#cm (31 to 41#in) in length, and a shoulder height of 48 to 56#cm (19 to 22#in). Males are larger than females. Although the species is larger on average than the bobcat, it is less variable in size and the largest bobcat outsize the lynx.
Thirteen bobcat subspecies are currently recognized:
L. rufus rufus (Schreber) – eastern and midwestern United States
L. r. gigas (Bangs) – northern New York to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
L. r. floridanus (Rafinesque) – southeastern United States and inland to the Mississippi valley, up to southwestern Missouri and southern Illinois
L. r. superiorensis (Peterson & Downing) – western Great Lakes area, including upper Michigan, Wisconsin, southern Ontario, and most of Minnesota
L. r. baileyi (Merriam) – southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
L. r. californicus (Mearns) – California west of the Sierra Nevada
L. r. mohavensis (B.Anderson) – Mojave Desert of California
L. r. escuinipae (J. A. Allen) – central Mexico, with a northern extension along the west coast to southern Sonora
L. r. fasciatus (Rafinesque) – Oregon, Washington west of the Cascade Range, northwestern California, and southwestern British Columbia
L. r. oaxacensis (Goodwin) – Oaxaca
L. r. pallescens (Merriam) – northwestern United States and southern British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan
L. r. peninsularis (Thomas) – Baja California
L. r. texensis (Mearns) – western Louisiana, Texas, south central Oklahoma, and south into Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, and Coahuila[1][8]
The subspecies division has been challenged, given a lack of clear geographic breaks in their ranges and the minor differences between subspecies.[9]The adult bobcat is 47.5 to 125#cm (18.7 to 49#in) long from the head to the base of the tail, averaging 82.7#cm (32.6#in); the stubby tail adds 9 to 20#cm (3.5 to 7.9#in) [12] and its "bobbed" appearance gives the species its name.[15][16][17][18] An adult stands about 30 to 60#cm (12 to 24#in) at the shoulders.[10][19] Adult males can range in weight from 6.4 to 18.3#kg (14 to 40#lb), with an average of 9.6#kg (21#lb); females at 4 to 15.3#kg (8.8 to 34#lb), with an average of 6.8#kg (15#lb).[20][21] The largest bobcat accurately measured on record weighed 22.2#kg (49#lb), although unverified reports have them reaching 27#kg (60#lb).[22] Furthermore, a June 20, 2012 report of a New Hampshire roadkill specimen listed the animal's weight at 27#kg (60#lb).[23] The largest-bodied bobcats are from eastern Canada and northern New England of the subspecies (L. r. gigas), while the smallest are from the southeastern subspecies (L. r. floridanus), particularly those in the southern Appalachians.[24] The bobcat is muscular, and its hind legs are longer than its front legs, giving it a bobbing gait. At birth, it weighs 0.6 to 0.75#lb (270 to 340#g) and is about 10#in (25#cm) in length. By its first birthday, it will reach about 10#lb (4.5#kg).[14]
The cat is larger in its northern range and in open habitats.[25] A morphological size comparison study in the eastern United States found a divergence in the location of the largest male and female specimens, suggesting differing selection constraints for the ###es.[26]
