Eurasian Lynx
Little Lynx, Big Problem
Food and Habitat
The Lynx eats...
- Hares
- Rabbits
- Rodents
- Grouse
- Wild Boar
- Chamois
- Foxes
- Roe Deer
- Reindeer
- Carrion
The Lynx lives in...
- older, mature forests with downed trees and windfalls provide cover for den sites, escape, and protection from severe weather.
Animal Description
The Eurasian Lynx ...
- Is the largest kind of lynx
- Ranges in length from 80cm to 130cm
- Tail is 11 to 25 cm
- Coat is reddish brown and short in the summer
- Coat is thick and silky in the winter
Adaptions
- They have thick and big paws to walk on snow
- They have long legs to pounce
- They have sharp claws to attack
- They have black tips at their ear to hear better
- Their fur size and color changes during the summer and winter
- Solitary excluding mating season.
Why it's endangered
- It used to be hunted for the coats
- Its habitats have been destroyed