GE-Lynx

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Scientific Name:
Felis lynx

Physical description:
The lynx is the size of a mediem cat with thick fur to keep it warm. Tuffs stick up from the ears and act like hearing aids. A lynx has large paws for running in the snow and sharp claws to ward off predetors and to catch pray.

Size:
A small lynx can be between 5-20 kilograms and a large lynx can be up to 40 kilograms.

10-15 years

Habitat:
Forest in North America, Europe, or Asia.

 Diet :
Eat mice, squirells, birds, and snowshoe hairs. Eurasian lynx eat deer

Behavior & adaptations to its way of life:
Paws hit the ground with a spreading motion acting like a show shoe. The tufs on the ears act like hearing aids. Can see a mouse 250 feet away.

How it reproduces:
A lynx mates in late winter and will have anywhere between 2 an 6 kittens at a time.

Relationship to other animals (predator/prey, parasite, etc.):
No preditors have been recored for the lynx but small kittens are vulnerable to large carnivors like wolves and bears.

Relationship to people:
The lynx was once hunted by humans for their furs but now there are laws that say you can't hunt any lynx in the United States exept for Alaska.

 History :
The lynx used to occupy four areas in the united states included the Northeast, the Great Lakes states, the northern Rocky Mountains/ Cascades and the southern Rocky Mountains. Today lynx are known only to live in Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, Washington, Idaho and possibly Michigan.

Status:
There are around 1000 lynx in the lower 48 states.

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