I have been away from this thread for a while because I get tired of Mr. Know-it-all, the self appointed wildlife authority for the Eastern seaboard of the United States.
If this debate is about the pic dated 8/22/2011 I don't know how anyone could not clearly see that this is a fox. I will be the first to say that mt. lions are still in many northeast and southeast states (albeit in small numbers). There are many, many confirmed (not exotics) and unconfirmed reports of mt. lions. But in this case, it is definitely not a mt. lion, it is a fox.
If this debate is about the pic dated 8/22/2011 I don't know how anyone could not clearly see that this is a fox. I will be the first to say that mt. lions are still in many northeast and southeast states (albeit in small numbers). There are many, many confirmed (not exotics) and unconfirmed reports of mt. lions. But in this case, it is definitely not a mt. lion, it is a fox.