I think there a few of those near here 40 years ago. Rural locals called them Wampus Cats. To the small towners they were that along with bobcats. I haven’t heard of anybody seeing one anywhere local in a long time. I think they were mostly in Central Florida. My wife’s grandmother had a couple of pictures of that thing with it’s heavy tail taken in the thirties. I think she was down in Pasco County at the time.