A lynx prowling through an area like this isn’t super rare, but a black lynx is a completely different story. The lynx’s black coat in the video above is due to melanism.

The coat is flecked with brown and black, and forms a collar around the neck, a black tail tip, and ear tufts. The lynx is speckled and blotched, while the caracal is not. Lynx have big paws ...