need species-BIG cat short ears nearer top of head-shorter fur on face-longer around head-blk/wht w/ spots?

Question

cat was like no other i have seen=-short tail-but not a complete bob-maybe 4" long spotted not striped or patched looking-must have weighed 20 lbs and 'meow' was loud

Answer 1

How long was it's fur, short, long, in between? Was it a wild cat or someone's pet? Were the ears tufted on top?

I'd need more info, a lynx or bobcat are usually gray and silver with longish plush fur, an ocelot is like a small leapord in looks with very short fur to a domestic cat with part of it's tail removed. If it was a wild cat, what location are you speaking in a general term? England has what is called a 'wildcat', but it is not found in the states.

Answer 2

It's an ocelot.

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oc·e·lot /ˈɒsəˌlɒt, ˈoʊsə-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[os-uh-lot, oh-suh-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.


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[Origin: 1765–75; < F, appar. arbitrary shortening of Nahuatl tlālōcélōtl ocelot, equiv. to tlāl(li) earth, land + ōcélōtl jaguar]

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oc·e·loid, adjective
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source oc·e·lot (ŏs'ə-lŏt', ō'sə-) Pronunciation Key
n. A nocturnal wildcat (Felis pardalis or Leopardus pardalis) of the brush and forests of the southwest United States and Central and South America, having a grayish or yellow coat with black spots.


[French, from Nahuatl ocelotl.]


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WordNet - Cite This Source ocelot

noun
nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat

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Answer 3

ok its a cat u dont wana get close to it sounds like a links a weild cat be carefull i dont know what area ur from but theres lots of links in canada there very mean

Answer 4

maybe a lynx? those are mostly up north in canada and cold areas. although i wouldn't call them spotted...might be one of those mixed cats maybe

Answer 5

it could be a bobcat depending on where you live...or a pallas's cat....or it could be a type of lynx. or it may even be just an abnormally large scottish fold.