Lynx

LynxSize

The smallest species are the bobcat and the Canada lynx, with an average weight of 10 to 13 kilograms (22 to 29 lb), while the largest is the Eurasian Lynx, with an average weight 18 to 25 kilograms (40 to 55 lb), up to a reported maximum of 40 kilograms (88 lb), but there is considerable variation within species.

Food

In the wild Canadian Lynx are: Lynx-2Strictly carnivorous: leporids (especially the snowshoe hare); deer and other ungulates especially in the winter when they are weakened after rutting or hunger; rodents, birds and fish and carrion.

Habitation

Lynx inhabit high altitude forests with dense cover of shrubs, reeds, and tall grass.