The animal was reportedly seen in the Vienna area Fairfax County, in the Carrington Development, near Tysons Corner. (Sheza Baig)

The animal was reportedly seen in the Vienna area Fairfax County, in the Carrington Development, near Tysons Corner. (Sheza Baig)

An animal that was clearly a cat and may have been a bobcat was spotted Sunday wandering amid the snow-covered lawns of a community in Fairfax County.

The animal was seen in the Vienna area of the county, in the Carrington Development, near Tysons Corner, said Mirza Baig, who spotted it from his car.

At first, he said, he thought it might have been a cat, but it was atypical. Instead, he said, the animal had the short tail reminiscent of bobcats, and its ears — and its walk — resembled the bobcats he had seen in films about wildlife.

He said he was “kind of surprised,” but nevertheless, “it looked like a bobcat.”