Qasr mosaic leopard and VMS Leo/August image

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I am lost.
Here is a simple YES/NO question. A single word is needed to reply. All replies will be appreciated.

Objectively speaking, is there a tree in the Voynich Leo illustration?

It's difficult to agree on "this is more similar than that", but it seems we cannot agree even on something as basic as the answer to the question above.

Technically, I don't think there's a tree. I believe it's the tail.

But... I don't want to rule out the possibility that the tail was intentionally shaped like a tree since it resembles the kind of tree that grows in places where big cats live.