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.

Canada lynx
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Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Lynx
Species:
L. canadensis
Binomial name
Lynx canadensis
Kerr, 1792
Subspecies
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Distribution of Canada Lynx, 2016[1]

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

References

  1. 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.