Possible Clues:

• Big cougar originally aboard ship, wild feline
• Lynx in early history entering ark, maybe
• Feline from many centuries ago found in sailing vessel
• US animal's odour about to get inhaled by nocturnal creature
• Animal in ancient times seen aboard ark?
• Type of wild 'kitty-kitty' :) [E]
• Sort of lynx bishop caught in seagoing vessel
• Mojave prowler
• Another name for the lynx
• Feline mammal, also called bay lynx