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There is always one in the group. That is like calling a Blacktail a Mule Deer and saying it is correct because they are both ‘technically’ related and they are both deer. Go tell that to all the state biologists, taxidermists, trappers and fur buyers who spend millions buying Bobcats and Lynx out west. I have trapped professionally in Kansas, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, and got paid for plenty of both different cats.

Biologists don't just ignore taxinomic binomial names to just go with the common name. It is standard procedure in any paper to write the taxinomic name first or give the common name and then the taxinomic name. ie: Bobcat(Lynx rufus) or Lynx rufus ,commonly known as the Bobcat,.. The common name for both lynx species in the US is the Canadian Lynx and the Bobcat. Calling either one a lynx is not, nor will it ever be ,technically wrong no matter how many times you hear or think otherwise. They are both members of the same family and the same genus. What you arguing is akin to saying that a chevy impala is not a car but an impala. Both terms a correct.