adult lynx | can climb | |
can swim | |
communicates with urine marks | |
eats snowshoe hare, bird, meadow vole, moose and caribou carrion, squirrel, fox, skunk | |
has breeding season March and April | |
has colour grey frosted on the back, buffy on the belly | |
has length 74-106.5 cm | |
has poor sense of smell | |
has range 15-20 square km | |
has part black stripes on the forehead and around the facial ruff | |
has part ears tipped with long black hairs | |
has part large padded feet | |
has part ruff around the face | |
has part stubby tail with black tip | |
hunts by sight or hearing | |
is hunted for fur | |
is nocturnal | |
is solitary | |
is a kind of lynx | |
moults in October and November and again in April and May | |
travels about 4 km per day | |
weighs 5.1-17.2 kg | |
lynx | has habitat dense boreal forest, tundra | |
has name in French loup-cervier | |
has scientific name Lynx lynx | |
is killed by humans, cougars, wolves | |
cat | has Family name Family Felidae | |
is carnivorous | |
carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies | |