By: cradossk

cradossk — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:05:16 +0000

Not to flog a dead horse here, but when you said “saw the pix and could tell right off it was not a wild species of this region”… thats kind of the point, there is no wild species of the region…. Australia has no ‘wild’ cat species, apart from the odd feral cat lurking around eating the helpless native fauna. Now, i belive that DNA evidence has proved that it is a massive feral cat, which in itself is kind of interesting, but just thought id let you know

By: dwyman

dwyman — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 20:02:18 +0000

I have studied the cat family for 50 years and also have done illustration and fine art of the subject professionally. I have been very close to several captive pumas and have pix to prove it. I saw the pix and could tell right off it was not a wild species of this region. As many people said, it’s a real big dark house cat. Maine coon cats get real big, although this isn’t one either. Cougars have a different body profile and a longer head. The cougar is making some headway back east, but it should at least look like one. Black, tawny or white. A puma has half dollar size pads, 4 on each track. Even an immature puma has much larger tracks than a domestic cat. It would be nice to think it was something other than a stray or roaming tom, but unless it’s an escaped exotic pet, my bet is it’s the “neighbor’s” cat.

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