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This article goes at lengths to give the impression that there is some bobcat heritage in this breed. This appears to be patently untrue, or at the very least extremely apocryphal. "Legend cats" are a hoax to rip off the gullible, and there appears to be ''no'' sufficiently documented incident of ''Lynx''-domestic hybridization except maybe "Pedro" which was may be considered a hybrid on the basis of temprament, size, and, most notably, the pronounced coat changes between summer and winter (see [http://messybeast.com/small-hybrids/rufus-lynx-hybrids.htm|here]). There might be some hybrids between ''Lynx'' and the larger species of ''Felis''. In general, at least the Eurasian lynx considers domestic cats a slightly inconvenient snack.

The "bobtail" is a common mutation in cats, see [[Cat_body_type_genetic_mutations#Tail_Types]]. Note especially that there are ''no'' lynxes in Japan, where bobtail cats are overwhelmingly common. [[User:Dysmorodrepanis|Dysmorodrepanis]] 07:18, 16 August 2007 (UTC)