The bobtailed member of the cat family, the Lynx usually grow to 3 - 4 ft (0.9 - 1.2m) in length and stand about 2ft (0.6m ) high at the shoulders. A fully grown male will weigh around 20lb (9kg) although they have been recorded as weighing up to 40lb (18kg). The colour of the heavy fur is a mixture of of black, dark brown and tawny yellow, belly is cinnamon and the tail completely black. Lynxes usually lead solitary lives live in   forests, hunt by night using sight and smell, natural food includes deer, badgers, foxes, hares, and rabbits. Lynx are spotted, but do not seem to be  the most popular reported Big Cat in the UK.