Comments on: Polish “Snow Leopard”

By: kittenz

kittenz — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:53:59 +0000

There are anecdotal accounts of long-tailed bobcats but I’ve never seen anything to convince me that they really existed. Sometimes – very rarely – bobcats mate with domestic cats, and the offspring can have tails of different lengths.

To the best of my knowledge, no lynxes with long tails have been found, and wild Eurasian lynx do not hybridize with other Eurasian cats (although they have been crossed with Canada lynxes in captivity).

Eurasian lynxes are the largest of the lynxes and at a glance they look larger than they really are, because their legs are so long compared to most cats’ legs. Their faces have very vivid markings and their eyes are large. Seeing one suddenly would make quite an impression on someone and I can see how they could be mistaken for a larger cat.

By: sschaper

sschaper — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:42:14 +0000

Does it ever happen that bob-tailed cats like bobcats, lynx and manx ever have a regular long tail? I suppose it would matter if it is a damaged gene or a turned off gene in the development process controls that is involved.

By: kittenz

kittenz — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:42:28 +0000

I, also, think that a lynx is the most likely cat to be seen in the wild in that area.

By: Kronprinz_adam

Kronprinz_adam — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:43:11 +0000

I suggest, an Eurasian lynx, (Lynx lynx), maybe? It occurs in Russia and Poland.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:51:22 +0000

Interesting reports always come out of Poland and other Slavic countries. And I’m not being ironic here. Great report, Loren. Wouldn’t it be awesome if it WAS a snow leopard?