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  Lynx - MSN Encarta
Lynx are agile climbers, spending some of their time in good weather on the limbs of trees, waiting for the weaker mammals and terrestrial birds that constitute their prey to pass beneath them.
The Canada lynx is found from the northern United States throughout Canada and Alaska; it is the largest species in North America, averaging 90 cm (3 ft) in head-and-body length, with a tail length of 5 to 14 cm (2 to 5.5 in).
The Spanish lynx is classified as Lynx pardinus, the bobcat as Lynx rufus, the Eurasian lynx as Lynx lynx, and the Canada lynx as Lynx canadensis.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568386/Lynx.html   (370 words)

  
 Pictures of the Eurasian lynx|Lynx lynx facts
Lynx families living in northern regions with mild winters and enough food split up in autumn, whereas young lynxes living in the north and being confronted with harder winters and less food are supplied by their mother during winter.
Printouts The lynx (Felis lynx or Lynx lynx) is a fierce cat that lives deep in pine forests and thick scrub of North America and Eurasia.
The Eurasian lynx is the largest, with males averaging 21 kg, and the females averaging 18 kg.
www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Carnivora/Felidae/Lynx/Lynx-lynx.html   (828 words)

  
 Candian Lynx, Eurasian or Northern Lynx, Spanish Lynx, Info. Pics   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Monitoring of the lynx by conservation authorities in these areas continues to gain more information on the cats hunting behaviour and the debate, which is common in areas were the interests of wild cat populations is at odds with local inhabitants, seems set to continue.
In general the Eurasian lynx is not so dependent on hare and rabbit as their main source of prey as their North American counterpart, the Canadian lynx.
To some the Spanish lynx is not a valid species but a sub species of the Eurasian lynx, however they are generally smaller than their northern counterparts and their yellow/brown coat is lighter in colour and the spotted markings more noticeable.
www.angelfire.com /blog/list/lynx.html   (829 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
The Eurasian Lynx is the biggest of the lynxes, ranging in length from 80 to 130 cm (32 to 51 in) and standing about 70 cm (28 in) at the shoulder.
The Eurasian Lynx is mainly nocturnal and lives solitarily as an adult.
Czech Republic: In Bohemia, lynx was exterminated in the 19th century (1830-1890) and in Moravia probably at the turn of the 19th and 20th century.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Eurasian_Lynx   (1232 words)

  
 Iberian lynx   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lynx will stalk their prey though their most common technique is to lie in wait for hours behind a bush or rock, until the prey is sufficiently close to pounce in a few lightning strides.
Probably the ideal habitat for a lynx would be one in which there is a very low, though not zero, human impact: the presence of a mosaic landscape with meadows opening up grazing for their prey and free range cattle -lynxes prefer to travel along paths, tracks and firebreaks rather than cross-country.
The Iberian lynx as the mediator of the Spanish Mediterranean is to all intents and purposes extinct.
www.iberianature.com /material/iberianlynx.htm   (3487 words)

  
 ADW: Lynx lynx: Information
Eurasian lynx may live to be 10-12 years old, though they typically live for much less.
Eurasian lynx spend time grooming themselves in order to keep clean and scratch on surface in order to keep their claws sharp.
Eurasian lynx are strictly carnivorous, feeding primarily on small mammals and ground-dwelling birds.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /accounts/lynx/l._lynx.html   (1130 words)

  
 Lynx - felis lynx
Lynx are stout, heavy bodied animals found throughout the temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere.
Agile climbers and opportunistic hunters, Lynx spend a good amount of time hiding on the limbs of trees waiting for small mammals, like the hares they are so found of eating and terrestrial birds that constitute a large percentage of their prey, to pass beneath them.
The Spanish Lynx is listed as an endangered species; the Bobcat which is also known as the wildcat is widespread throughout the United States with the exception of the mid-western states; and the Eurasian or northern Lynx.
www.tigerhomes.org /animal/curriculums/lynx-pc.cfm   (988 words)

  
 The Wild Habitat - Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
In relation to its cousin, the Canadian lynx, the Eurasian lynx is larger, the largest found in Siberia.
The northern lynx is found in rocky and/or forested areas away from cities in the northern parts of Eurasia.
A nocturnal hunter, the lynx hunts a variety of mammals, but prefers deer up to the size of small ungulates, unlike its cousin the Canadian lynx who prefers mostly hare.
library.thinkquest.org /11234/lynx_any.html   (245 words)

  
 Canadian Lynx
Lynx show remarkable similarity of appearance compared to other related groups of cats and the Canada lynx is often treated as conspecific with the Eurasian lynx.
Habitat: Lynx are inexorably linked to the snowshoe hare as its primary food source and as such, are commonly found at higher densities in riparian areas and areas of new-growth coniferous forest such as after forest fires.
Saunders, J.K. The biology of the Newfoundland lynx.
www.felidtag.org /pages/Educational\FactSheets\lynx.htm   (1692 words)

  
 Eurasian Lynx - Biocrawler
The Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) is a medium-sized cat of European and Siberian forests, where it is one of the major predators.
It has yellow fur with fl markings; the pattern of the fur is variable: lynxes with heavily spotted fur may exist close to conspecifics with plain fur.
Central Asia: The lynx is also native to the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Shaanxi, as well as to Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Eurasian_Lynx   (375 words)

  
 Wild Cats | Wildlife Conservation | Endangered Wildlife|Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
In modern times, many people have a different view of the Eurasian Lynx, and because of this there are fewer of these cats in western Europe than in ancient times.
The Eurasian Lynx's fur has a usual ground colour of a yellowish-grey to greyish-brown, with white under parts.
The Eurasian Lynx is thought to be doing well in Russia, with an estimated population of nearly 40,000.
www.wildcatconservation.org /Eurasian_Lynx_(Lynx_lynx).html   (961 words)

  
 HKHPE 12 03   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the district of Kemerowo, in West Siberia, the lynx is occupying in winter an area of 25-100 km².
The Eurasian lynx, raising kittens, is only able to live in the Far North, in the forest-tundra, when there is a prey biomass (of arctic hares) of at least 307 kg/km².
The lynx clearly disproves the belief, that the much larger cave lion, during the time of the woolly mammoth, has lived in an arctic climate, like the reindeer and the musk-ox of today.
hanskrause.de /HKHPE/hkhpe_12_03.htm   (1774 words)

  
 Wild Animals: The Canadian Lynx
The Eurasian lynx preys mainly on roe deer, while the Canadian lynx is adapted to feed on the snowshoe hare.
The Newfoundland lynx is indigenous to the island of Newfoundland.
The lynx is adapted behaviourally and physiologically to exploit the periodic ‘boom and bust' population cycles of the snowshoe hare.
en.allexperts.com /q/Wild-Animals-705/Canadian-Lynx.htm   (845 words)

  
 Eurasian lynx   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Eurasian lynx usually stalk their prey and overtake them with a quick burst of speed, killing the prey with a swift bite to the neck.
The attempt at raising the lynx commercially for their fur turned out to be economically unfeasible and most of this new bloodline found their way into the hands of other breeders.
Many of the Eurasian lynx found in North America appear to be Siberian or crosses between the various sub-species with Siberian as they exhibit characteristics of these different types.
www.felineconservation.org /R3/Husbandry/Cats/LynxE1.html   (1562 words)

  
 Lynx
Lynx are good climbers but because of their preference for snowshoe hare they tend to hunt on the ground.
Lynx are solitary as adults, except during breeding season and each has its own territory marked by its scent.
The size of the hunting territory and the size of the lynx population depends strongly on the size of the snowshoe hare population.
members.aol.com /demcnic/lynx.html   (240 words)

  
 Lynx (Lynx lynx) - picture and info
In the Eurasian lynx four subspecies are known, which differ widely in size and colour and markings of the fur.
The typical habitats of the Lynx are forests and moorlands.
Lynx families living in northern regions with mild winters and enough food split up in autumn, whereas young lynxes living in the north and being confronted with harder winters and less food are supplied by their mother during winter.
magazine.naturspot.de /text/lynx.html   (643 words)

  
 European Mammal Assessment - Lynx lynx
Lynx in Europe were widely extirpated within the past several hundred years, reaching a nadir in the 1950s.
The lynx's disappearance in lowland Europe was due to human persecution, deforestation, loss of prey species, expansion of agriculture and an increase in human populations.
Lynx is only hunted in Estonia and Latvia (reservation for including the lynx in Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive) as well as in Russia, in all other countries the species is fully protected.
ec.europa.eu /environment/nature/conservation/species/ema/species/lynx_lynx.htm   (3907 words)

  
 caracal - Encyclopedia.com
The objective of this research is to analyze studbook data for the captive population of caracal (Caracal caracal), a small African felid, maintained in forty-one North American facilities.
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), caracal (Felis caracal), Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), golden jackal...
The striking desert lynx, or orange caracal, broke free as her owners tried to move her into an enclosure...
www.encyclopedia.com /doc.aspx?id=1E1:caracal   (938 words)

  
 Lynx Eurasian,Wild Eurasian Lynx Cat,Eurasian Lynx Wild Forest Cat
Lynx are capable of killing prey 3-4 times their own size.
Conservation status: As a species, this lynx is not endangered, but in some parts of its range it has become extremely rare and may not survive unless active measures are taken to conserve it.
Lynx are also legally hunted in some countries.
www.indiantiger.org /wild-cats/lynx-eurasian.html   (554 words)

  
 Eurasian Lynx, (Lynx lynx): WILD CATS:
Lynx are probably found throughout the northern slopes of the Himalayas, and have been reported both from thick scrub woodland (Chundawat 1990a) and barren, rocky areas above the treeline (Roberts 1977).
Lynx occur locally over the entire Tibetan plateau, and are found throughout the rocky hills and mountains of the Central Asian desert regions (Bannikov 1954, Stubbe and Chotolchu 1968, Heptner and Sludskii 1972).
Lynx re-colonized areas where they had previously been extirpated, mainly due to a sharp decline in commercial hunting during this period of social upheaval.
lynx.uio.no /jon/lynx/eulynx1.htm   (2482 words)

  
 Mammals » Exotic Cats » Lynx - Spanish Main Page
The rare and beautiful Spanish Lynx may be the exotic cat that is closest to extinction in the wild.
Eurasian Lynx are known to hunt primarily ungulates.
The Spanish Lynx, also known as the "Iberian Lynx" or "Pardel Lynx", is sometimes confused with its close cousin the Eurasian Lynx, which has a more northern habitat than the Spanish Lynx.
www.centralpets.com /animals/mammals/exotic_cats/ect3051.html   (596 words)

  
 Canada Lynx
While the Canada lynx is probably a descendant of a Eurasian lynx ancestor which migrated into North America during one of the last two major glacial periods the two should be considered separate species, as they now show marked adaptive differences for prey capture.
Whereas the larger Eurasian lynx preys mainly on ungulates, the Canada lynx relies almost exclusively on snowshoe hares, and is uniquely adapted, both behaviorally and physiologically, to exploit a cyclic prey base.
While lynx will switch prey during periods when hares are scarce, turning to small rodents, ground birds and, exceptionally, ungulates such as white-tailed deer, caribou, and Dall sheep, lynx populations only reach high densities when supported by snowshoe hares.
greenfield.fortunecity.com /tiger/181/lynx.html   (515 words)

  
 San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Lynx
The lynx is known by the tuft of fl hair on the tips of its ears and its short, or "bobbed," tail.
The four species of lynx are physically different from each other and have adapted to their various habitats.
Siberian lynx Lynx lynx wrangeli at the San Diego Zoo are fed thawed rats and a specially formulated carnivore diet.
www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-lynx.html   (1560 words)

  
 Eurasian lynx
The lynx inhabiting Europe and Asia have recently all been reclassified as being subspecies of what is now called the Eurasian lynx.
Lynx also have a short, about 8” tail which is always tipped with a fl end.
Unlike many cats in captivity, Eurasian lynx only give birth one time a year and do not come into heat again if their litter is lost or removed.
www.exoticcatz.com /splynxeurasian.html   (1731 words)

  
 Siberian Lynx
The tail of the Lynx looks as though it was dipped in an inkwell being fl all the way around, whereas the Bobcat’s tail appears to have been painted fl on top and white on the bottom.
There is still some hunting of the Lynx for the pelt trade, but it is believed to be restricted to less than 1,000 per year from China and 2,800 per year from Russia.
There are noted differences from its relatives, the Eurasian Lynx: it is much smaller and its coat is more heavily marked with darker spots.
www.bigcatrescue.org /siberian_lynx.htm   (1096 words)

  
 Lioncrusher's Domain -- Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) facts and pictures
The Eurasian lynx inhabits the forests and scrublands of western Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Iran, Iraq, and Asia minor.
Like all lynx species, they posess large ruffs of hair that project horizontally from the sides of their face, a short stubby tail with a fl tip, and long fl tufts of hairs projecting from the tips of their pointed ears.
Subspecies taxon of the Eurasian lynx are highly controversial.
www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=48   (1075 words)

  
 Lynx - CreationWiki, the encyclopedia of creation science
The Eurasian lynx is the largest of the lynxes; the adult males weigh on average 21.6 kg, while females are slightly smaller at 18.1 kg.
The Eurasian lynx has relatively long legs, and large feet, which provide a “snowshoe effect”, allowing for the lynx to travel easily through deep, snow in the winter (Fur grows very densely on the bottom of the feet.
There are some lynx families/ groups that travel 400 miles or more to find a new territory and food supplies for the adults and babies.
creationwiki.org /Lynx   (700 words)

  
 Lynx
There are two major subspecies: the Canadian lynx (Felis canadensis) of North America, ranging from Alaska and Canada to the northern United States; and the Spanish or Eurasian lynx (Felis lynx) of Europe, ranging from Western Europe to Siberia and in Spain and Portugal.
The Eurasian lynx is highly endangered in the Iberian peninsula due to deforestation.
There is debate about whether or not the lynx living in the Iberian peninsula are a separate subspecies from those living in Western Europe and Siberia, but it is widely recognized that whether a separate subspecies or population, the Spanish lynx is one of the most endangered cats in the world.
www.bluelion.org /lynx.htm   (467 words)

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