Canada lynx – Michael Broad

Why are lynx tails short?

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 by Michael Broad

Members of the wild cat lynx lineage, the bobcat, Canada lynx, Iberian lynx (the rarest of the lynx family and one of the rarest of all cat species) and Eurasian lynx (the largest of the lynx family) all have very short tails. We have to recognise the fact that every part of a cat’s …

Canada lynx group hunting improves success rates (Infographic)

September 7, 2023 by Michael Broad

Sources: Wild Cats of the World by the Sunquists. Specifically:

Breton study: GR Parker Winter Habitat use and hunting activities of lynx 1981
Newfoundland: Saunders JK – Movements and activities of the lynx in Newfoundland 1963
Yukon: O’Donoghue et al – Behavioural responses of coyote and lynx to the snowshoe cycle 1998.

The enormous paws of the Canada lynx are a good example of evolution (natural selection)

August 22, 2023 by Michael Broad

The Canada lynx paws are huge and have evolved through natural selection as espoused by Charles Darwin to allow the animal to survive in deep snow in Canada.

This wonderful photograph of a Canada lynx padding its way through snow amply illustrates the enormous paws of this medium-sized wild cat weighing approximately 8-11 kg. It is a wild cat species which closely resembles the bobcat but the paws of the bobcat are much smaller because it has not evolved to live in …