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Overview: The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is the largest of the European wildcats. It is also the largest of the subspecies of lynx of which the American bobcat is part. The other is the Canada lynx. The habitat is typically forest and includes the rocky hillsides of northern Europe, Russia and central Asia. The …
Canada lynx hunting success rate varies considerably between 9 and 54 percent. Snowshoe hares often account for 60-97% of the Canada lynx’s diet. The survivability of the Canada lynx is linked to the snowshoe hare as it dominates its livelihood. The population cycle of the snowshoe hare therefore affects the Canada lynx’s hunting success …
Canada lynx are medium-sized wild cats. Sometimes people refer to them as big cats but they are aren’t. They are larger than typical domestic cats but much smaller than the big cats such as the leopard. They weigh approximately 8-11 kilograms (17.6 pounds) to 11 kilograms (24.2 pounds). Surprisingly, perhaps, this is no larger …
Background There are actually three subspecies of lynx which is not specified in the question. So if I am going to answer the question fully I have to refer to each subspecies of lynx. Canada lynx The main prey of Canada lynx is the snowshoe hare and they are basically nocturnal although this cat …
I provide information on the daily travelling distances of the Canada lynx, Eurasian lynx, bobcat and Iberian lynx.
This is an excellent camera trap photograph of one the world’s rarest species of wild cat: the Balkan lynx.
Do wolves kill lynx? Yes. An alternative question would be ‘Can a lynx kill a wolf’ or ‘Where the lynx and wolf are sympatric (share the same landscape) which animal pushes the other out and dominates?’ In this instance we are referring to the Eurasian lynx, the largest of four lynx species: Canada lynx, …
This is one of those debatable questions because as there are no records of lynx killing humans we have to speculate and theorise, which lends itself to debate and argument. The operative word is ‘can’. THEORETICALLY a Eurasian lynx or even the smaller bobcat and Canada or Iberian lynx could kill a healthy adult …
