This may be a stupid question...but how do I recognize a bobcat vs. a lynx?
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If by some chance you are in an overlap area, lynx have dish shaped faces with tufts on their ears and oversized feet (they tend to be 1/3 to 1/2 bigger than bobcats as well).They are mostly grey in color. Bobcats have a defined face with color strations as well as spots that are more defined as you travel south. Bobcats color goes from a grey in the far north to a golden yellow in the far south.
lynx have black tipped tails, bobcats white.
The tip of the tail on a lynx is solid black . The tip of the tail on a bobcat is black but has white on the underside running through the the black.