Canada lynx
The Canada lynx is a species of lynx which lives on the taiga. It is about twice the size of a domestic cat.
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Pan-Carnivora |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Lynx |
| Species: | L. canadensis
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| Lynx canadensis Kerr, 1792
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It eats mice, ground squirrels, lemming and young deer. The lynx's favorite food is the snowshoe hare, which makes up 60% to 97% of its diet.
This wild animal is not endangered (except in the southern 48 states of the US). It is of "least concern" (IUCN). Humans hunt them for their beautiful, thick fur.
It has tufts on its ears whose function is probably social signalling.
Canada Lynx Media
Fossils of the Issoire lynx (L. issiodorensis), which is thought to be the ancestor of the four modern Lynx species
Canada lynxes prefer dense boreal forests
Canada lynxes are typically solitary with minimal social bonds.
The snowshoe hare is the primary prey of the Canada lynx.
A Canada lynx stalking its prey
Numbers of snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) (yellow background) and Canada lynx (black line, foreground) furs sold to the Hudson's Bay Company from 1845 to 1935
Canada Lynx Mom and Kitten
Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis), backside. Fur skin collection, Bundes-Pelzfachschule, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Illustration of a Canada lynx made around mid-18th century
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vashon, J. (2016). "Lynx canadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T12518A101138963. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12518A101138963.en.