r/animalid • u/Wildwood_Weasel 🦦 Mustelid Enthusiast 🦡 • Oct 03 '24

All of these are bobcats

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u/JorikThePooh 🦠 WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST 🦠 Oct 27 '24

You're mistaken.

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u/JelllyGarcia 🦕🦄 GENERAL KNOW IT ALL 🦄🦕 Oct 27 '24

I’m not. I’ll just go correct it on iNaturalist lol

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u/JorikThePooh 🦠 WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST 🦠 Oct 27 '24

The observation is from Dallas dude, there are not ocelots there

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u/JelllyGarcia 🦕🦄 GENERAL KNOW IT ALL 🦄🦕 Oct 27 '24

In the USA, there are small populations of ocelots that live in Texas, Louisiana, and FL. The ones near Mexico are endangered. They’re being reintroduced in TX. They’re also in the exotic pet trade

This picture of an ocelot in Dallas means an ocelot was in Dallas.

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u/JorikThePooh 🦠 WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST 🦠 Oct 27 '24

Look at the bobbed tail in the inat link. Also your range info is wrong, they only exist in south Texas and are being reintroduced only in south Texas. https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/texas/stories-in-texas/mammals-ocelot/

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u/JelllyGarcia 🦕🦄 GENERAL KNOW IT ALL 🦄🦕 Oct 27 '24

Oh there’s the cheek ruffs! I just found him too. okay now I agree

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u/Wildwood_Weasel 🦦 Mustelid Enthusiast 🦡 Oct 27 '24

dork

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u/JelllyGarcia 🦕🦄 GENERAL KNOW IT ALL 🦄🦕 Oct 27 '24

;D

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u/JelllyGarcia 🦕🦄 GENERAL KNOW IT ALL 🦄🦕 Oct 27 '24

They’re being reintroduced in Kingston TX too in Dallas Metro right near Oklahoma and LouisianA (in Dallas metro)