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LynxBy:Anisa Arnold
Physical Description
Height: Most adult lynx are 30 to 42 in. long.
Weight: Most adult lynx weigh from 18 to 30 pounds. Male lynx are usually bigger then females and weigh 40 pounds or more.
Color: Beige with spots of gray and black.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Lynx have long tuffs on their ears that serve as sensitive antennae, enhancing hearing.
Breeding: Mating happens in march and early April, their kittens are born 63 days after under a natural shelter. The kittens eyes open 1 month after their born.
Predators
Wolf, Coyote, Human, Cougar
Food
Lynx's primarily food is snowshoe hares. It also eats red squirrel, and other small animals and birds, such as grouse. On average, a lynx eats every other night, eating 150-200 hares a year.
Geographical RangeThey live mostly every where in the U.S and some live in some,of Asia and Europe.
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Lynx
Common Name The common name of the lynx is just Lynx.
Scientific name is Felis Lynx
Interesting facts about Lynx
There are four species of lynx: the Spanish lynx, Canadian lynx, Eurasian lynx and the bobcat. A lynx is typically 32 to 40 in. long with and additional 4 to 8 in. for the tail. They weigh 22 to 44 pounds.
Their fur rages from golden brown to an kinda white color and some have dark colored spots all over their bodies. These animals hunt just like any other cat, by using a stalk and jump method to catch rabbits, rodents, mice and other prey.
http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/lynx.htm
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/lynx/
http://www.felineconservation.org/feline_species/canada_lynx.htm
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