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The bobcat is the smallest type of lynx cat breed, with a height that rarely reaches two feet. They’re also the breed that’s most moved away from their origins as an arctic hunting cat.

Sure enough, the second DNA test confirmed his suspicions. "When I saw the tail wasn't right for lynx, I wondered. But when I sent it in, I thought lynx. I was 80 percent sure," Lindquist said.

This cat contains no bobcat DNA (despite origin legends to the contrary), as this species of lynx is generally considered too distantly related to crossbreed with domestic cats.