Description: The lynx is specially adapted for life in the snow, having large spreaded feet which support it's weight in conditions which would confound the smaller bobcat. The fur is reddish brown to gray, the hair is being tipped with white producing a frosted appearance. The legs are long and the tail almost vestigial.
Habitat: The Bobcat is mainly found
in Canada and Alaska, it arranges south in to the USA along the Rocky Mountains
with a few animals found in the USA.
Lynxes are forest animals, only
occasionally being found on farmland close to forested area. They
have been rarely as far north as the Tundra.
The shaded part of the background
map is where the Lynx can be located.
Diet: The prey of the Canadian
Lynx consists of mainly snow shoe hare and it's population varies from
place to place. This is the only cat that depends on one species. But when
this species dies out they will go back to ground rodents.
Behaviour: the canadian Lynx appears to prefer lying in ambush rather than actively hunting it's prey although both methods are used, the more active probably being used when prey is scarce.
Created by: Stephen Pittman
& Donnie Brown