Harvard mammalogist: Your mascots are all wrong - Sports Illustrated
This Harvard mammalogist is here to tell you: There’s a fair chance your college mascot isn’t what you think it is.
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Northwestern has Willie the Wildcat. He has to be a lynx. He has no stripes, and no tail, which definitely rules out a wildcat. The white fringe on his face—a sideburn-beard kind of thing—is also characteristic of a lynx. His gray color and exceptionally pointy ears seal it: He’s a lynx.