Couple rescues 'kitten' then discovers it's actually a bobcat

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WZTV) — A feline rescued in Tennessee turned out not to be of the domestic variety.

A couple found a "kitten" on their back porch Friday and took it to True Rescue in Mount Juliet looking for emergency placement. But animal rescue staff knew exactly what had been brought to them — a bobcat.

The orphaned bobcat underwent an exam and was soon thereafter transported to Walden's Puddle, a wildlife rehabilitation and education center located in Joelton, Tennessee.

Bobcats have long legs, large paws, tufted ears and are brown or brownish red with a white underbelly and short, black-tipped tail, according to National Geographic. They say babies are generally raised in a den in a litter of one to six young kittens, which will remain with their mother for 9 to 12 months.