To be truly pedantic: it is the distance between the subject and the viewer/camera which is responsible for the compression.
Whatever you look at (with eyes or any focal length lens) will look more compressed if it is at greater distance. Doyll's 120mm photo was taken from further back!
A telephoto lens does not "compress" or alter perspective, that is done by distance between you and the subject, the telephoto just increases the viewed size of distant objects plus the concomitant compression. Same for wide angle lenses/closer viewpoint, but other way round, if you see what I mean.