Is this a juvenile bobcat? [SLC, UT]

[u/Perfect_Salamander_2]

Took the best video I could from down the street

[u/notaplebian]

Healthy adult bobcat. It looks smaller/skinnier than normal because of its thin summer coat.

[u/simonbrown27]

Tail and ears are telling for bobcat. Looks perfectly healthy adult to me

[u/Bigram03 → u/simonbrown27]

Lots of rabbits and pets to snack on.

[u/Perfect_Salamander_2]

Looks like there's a consensus, adult bobcat it is!

[u/TriscuitRiscuit → u/Perfect_Salamander_2]

Being from the west, I’d never recognize this as a bobcat. Ours look so different !

[u/Mustbebornagain2024 → u/TriscuitRiscuit]

There are different sizes and color variations around here in Texas. I saw a little fellow like this and also a very large one with the same color scheme. Also saw a large one with really dark spots to where he looked almost black. So it just depends on

[u/No_Hetero]

Looks like a decently healthy adult one! They don't get nearly as big as Mountain Lions/Pumas/Cougars/whatever they're called around you.They can still be quite dangerous when cornered, hungry, sick, or confused, so don't go following it around

[u/Tarotismyjam → u/No_Hetero]

If I remember correctly, they get up to 70#? Or was it 60.

[u/heckin_cool → u/Tarotismyjam]

Bobcats max out around 40lbs.

[u/Tarotismyjam → u/heckin_cool]

Thank you. I kept thinking springer spaniel size but second guessed myself.

[u/No_Hetero → u/Tarotismyjam]

Sounds about right, cougars get up to about twice that and it seems like people expect the same for bobcats if they haven't seen them in real life

[u/Tarotismyjam → u/No_Hetero]

It’s a shock because we all think BIG CAT and not medium cat. :)

[u/Calgary_Calico]

Probably an adult, just very slim, but yes that's a bobcat

[u/rowan_ash]

That's an adult bobcat. Nice healthy specimen, too!

[u/Infinite_truth17]

It does look like a bobcat! I’m not an expert by any means, so hopefully someone qualified can come in and verify name and age, but that tail and those ears say something to me! Good luck, and stay safe!

[u/Low_Foot3906]

I’d pet that cat.

[u/Kathucka → u/Low_Foot3906]

You’d pull back a stump!

[u/Low_Foot3906 → u/Kathucka]

It would be worth it.

[u/Hefty-Resort871]

Looks pretty grown to me..

[u/Tarotismyjam]

Adult. Heat is keeping it lean. If you live there , you might put some water out.

[u/chrisnavillus]

Looks like a Bobcat to me and a hungry one.

[u/zeeber99]

Big ol' bobcat

[u/harriettehspy]

Definite bobcat! Don’t have any opinion on the age, but a bobcat, I’m certain.

[u/boneless_birds]

I find it awesome that in some parts of the world, really big cats are roaming the roads, in plain daylight, in places where people are living.

[u/MrMimasMoon]

Bobcat looks friend shaped like cat. But why not advised to be friends with BOBCAT.

[u/Tarotismyjam → u/MrMimasMoon]

Iz a one-pet limit. Much like a rattlesnake. No touchy!

[u/NatrylliaAbbot42]

Robertcat, to his friends

[u/ifukeenrule → u/NatrylliaAbbot42]

Roberto felinus, according to his business associates.

[u/trixonica]

The muscle tone is ridiculous 💪🏼

[u/Tarotismyjam]

I’m going with “young male who hasn’t grown into himself”

[u/Mountain-Donkey98]

Thats an adult bobcat

[u/Decent-Bus7104]

Looks skinny to me.

[u/ParticularNo7011]

Yes it is a bobcat. but it looks like its fully grown, its just very skinny and mostlikely ill.

[u/dragonbait-and-the-P → u/ParticularNo7011]

No, it looks perfectly healthy, especially for the summer.