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Mohkave, American lynx
- Thread starter Jacq
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Below is all I could find out about the American Lynx, what have your heard?
It was claimed that this breed of cat was an American bobcat hybrid (a wildcat hybrid) that was the equivalent, on my estimation, of a fourth generation (F4 - fourth fillial) hybrid with about 12.5% wildcat genes. However, it is probably quite well known that this cat is in fact not a wildcat hybrid (on DNA testing for wildcat marker genes).
In appearance the cat is a shorthaired, spotted cat with a bobtail. I have never seen a photograph of this cat. Searches for photographs produce images of the Lynx wildcat. As I said it is confusing!
That is about it. There is one last snippet of information. There is a domestic cat that is a wildcat hybrid called the Desert Lynx (new window). The Desert Lynx is a cross between the American Bobcat and a domestic cat (what the American Lynx was claimed to be). The domestic cat in this mating can be an American Lynx! That is just a bit of trivia, you can bring out in a game of trivial pursuits.
Finally this cat is connected to the Highlander another rare purebred cat.
http://www.pictures-of-cats.org/american-lynx.html
It was claimed that this breed of cat was an American bobcat hybrid (a wildcat hybrid) that was the equivalent, on my estimation, of a fourth generation (F4 - fourth fillial) hybrid with about 12.5% wildcat genes. However, it is probably quite well known that this cat is in fact not a wildcat hybrid (on DNA testing for wildcat marker genes).
In appearance the cat is a shorthaired, spotted cat with a bobtail. I have never seen a photograph of this cat. Searches for photographs produce images of the Lynx wildcat. As I said it is confusing!
That is about it. There is one last snippet of information. There is a domestic cat that is a wildcat hybrid called the Desert Lynx (new window). The Desert Lynx is a cross between the American Bobcat and a domestic cat (what the American Lynx was claimed to be). The domestic cat in this mating can be an American Lynx! That is just a bit of trivia, you can bring out in a game of trivial pursuits.
Finally this cat is connected to the Highlander another rare purebred cat.
http://www.pictures-of-cats.org/american-lynx.html