Johnson et al. ya ruwaito Lynx ya raba clade tare da puma, leopard cat (Prionailurus), da kuma gida cat (Felis) lineages, wanda ya kai shekaru miliyan 7.15 da suka wuce (mya); Lynx ya rabu da farko, kimanin shekaru miliyan 3.24 da suka wuce. An yi imanin cewa bobcat ya samo asali ne daga Eurasian lynx, wanda ya tsallaka zuwa Arewacin Amurka ta hanyar Bering Land Bridge a lokacin Pleistocene, tare da magabata da suka isa a farkon shekaru miliyan 2.6 da suka wuce. Ruwa na farko ya koma kudancin kudancin Arewacin Amirka, wanda aka yanke shi daga arewacin da glaciers. Wannan yawan ya samo asali a cikin bobcats na zamani kimanin shekaru 20,000 da suka wuce.
dabbar bobcat da kuma Canada lynx