“this large looking cat” – that’s a journalist committed to the story
I know nothing about visually distinguishing between bobcats and housecats, but a quick web search tells me:
- Bobcats have spots. Cat in question does not appear to have spots.
- Bobcats tails are 2 to 8 inches long with black on top and white underneath. Maybe.
- Bobcats have black and white ears, with extra tufts of fur. I don’t see it.
- Bobcats are generally much larger and more muscular than house cats, ranging from a measely 14 pounds up to 40 pounds. From the video clips, I don’t get a good sense of scale.
I also learned that there’s a breed of housecat called a Pixie Bobcat, and the reference photo looks far more like a bobcat than the one in the video.
