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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 [1]). 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. Dysmorodrepanis 07:18, 16 August 2007 (UTC)