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~Hang's Canadian Lynx web Page ~
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~Hang's Canadian Lynx web Page ~
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Description |
Habitat |
Range |
Food |
Life Cycle |
Survival |
Facts |
Human Impact |
References |
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*CANADIAN LYNX* |
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Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
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Mammalia |
| Order: |
Carnivora |
| Family: |
Felidae |
| Genus: |
Lynx |
| Species: |
Lynx canadenisis |
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The Canadian Lynx is normally yellowish brown. The upper parts (the waist up) could have a frosted, gray look and the belly may be more buff (lighter color then the body). The tail is short like the bobcat and is tipped with black. The fur on the body is long and thick. The hair, in the winter, gets longer then it is in the spring. The ears ,are triangular shaped. Because of the ears, you can tell between the bobcat and the lynx. The paws are large and fluffy and the body length is between 800 and 1,000 mm and the tail length is 51 and 138 mm. Many people think the lynx is distinctive in appearance because of its triangular shaped, tuft ears, thick set body, long hind legs, a short stumpy tail, and large fur covered paws which helps carry the cat over deep snow. |
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| The Canadian Lynx usually live in mature forests with dense undergrowth and can also can be found in more open forests and in rocky areas. In the eastern and Great Lakes states, lynx live in southern boreal forests. In the western states, they live in spruce/ fir forests at higher elevations. Earlier successional forests stages provide habitat for the lynx's favorite food, the snowshoe hare. The size of the lynxes habitat is about 3 to 300 square miles. |
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Map: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/canlynx.htm |
| The Canadian Lynx are found in
most of Canada, Alaska, in western
Montana, and parts of Idaho and Washington. There are small populations
in New England, Utah, and possibly in Oregon, parts of Wyoming, Colorado,
and California,
The lynx can be found in 14
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| Canadian Lynx are strictly carnivore, which means that they eat only meat. The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) is important to the Canadian Lynx's diet and it's also the lynx's favorite food. In some areas, such as Cape Breton Island, lynx prey most on the hares, in other areas they also take rodents, birds, and fish. In the fall and winter, lynx will kill and eat deer and other large animals that are weaken by the season and left by hunters. |
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| The life span of a Canadian lynx is up to 15 years [longer in captivity]. Kittens of the Canadian lynx walk between 24 to 30 days [about a month after they're born] and are weaned [nursed by their mother] for about 3 to 5 months. Females mate once a year (males also) and raise the kitten by themselves for a year or until the are an adult . Females and males mate in February through March. Like the bobcat, males leave her to take care of the pups by herself. |
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| The Canadian lynx need a lot of forests and trees for survival. Also, like the bobcat, they also need deeryards [where a herd of deer rest] because they eat deer in the winter. |
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| The human
impact for the Canadian lynx is good and bad. The bad thing is
that Canadian lynx are being killed by humans for a stupid thing like making
a fur coat. People are also killing forests and other areas Canadian lynxes NEED
to live. Last but not least is people are killing the food that lynx
need to eat which makes the lynx move and leave their habitat forever.
A good thing is that there are humans who are nice to the environment. They leave the Canadian lynx alone and some have even raise pups when their mother has died or been abandoned. It's better to be nice to the Canadian lynx rather than bad. And if you read this, you notice that there are more bad human impact than good. |
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