lynx description – Michael Broad

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 …

Description of the Eurasian lynx – full and illustrated

January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 by Michael Broad

This is a full description of the Eurasian lynx supported by excellent photographs. The source of the information is solid and is mainly from the excellent reference book Wild Cats of the World by Mel and Fiona Sunquist. The pictures below are of a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx: Lynx lynx carpathica or Lynx …