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American Lynx

Educational resources on American Lynx

American Lynx or Lynx canadensis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the American Lynx

Academic web links for the American Lynx.


North American Mammals: Lynx rufus
The Bobcat is the most widely distributed native cat in North America. Bobcats occupy many habitat types, from desert to swamp to mountains. They are mostly nocturnal predators
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=144

North American Mammals: Lynx canadensis
Lynx have dense winter coats, and their large feet, padded with thick fur, let them run atop deep snow. A large portion of their diet consists of snowshoe hares, which are
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=143

Canada Lynx of the Great Lakes Region
Minnesota historically supported the largest lynx population in the Great Lakes region. We are studying distribution, abundance, persistence, and habitat use of Canada lynx in
www.nrri.umn.edu/lynx

NDIS Lynx Wildlife Page
Diet: The principal food of North American lynx is the snowshoe hare, which composes 80 percent of the diet (Brand et al. 1976, More 1976, Nellis et al. 1972, Saunders 1963b).
ndis.nrel.colostate.edu/wildlifespx.asp?SpCode=051036

North American Mammals: Lynx canadensis
Credit: painting by Consie Powell from Kays and Wilson's Mammals of North America, © Princeton University Press (2002) Back to Lynx canadensis
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/full_image.cfm?image_id=1595

green lynx spider - Peucetia viridans (Hentz)
It is a conspicuous, large, bright green spider found on many kinds of shrublike plants throughout the southern United States and is the largest North American lynx spider.
entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/green_lynx_spider.htm

Bobcat Mascot : Pride and Traditions : Texas State University ...
Texas State adopted the bobcat — so called because of its "bobbed" tail, typical of cats in the American Lynx family — as its official athletic mascot in 1920.
pride-traditions.ua.txstate.edu/campus-traditions/the-bobcat-mascot.html

EENY249/IN521: Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans (Hentz ...
It is a conspicuous, large, bright green spider found on many kinds of shrublike plants throughout the southern United States and is the largest North American lynx spider.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in521

students.stritch.edu
Upper Left – Common Name: North American Lynx. Found in the deep forest of Canada. It’s long, soft, lustrous fur coat is very popular amongst fur traders.
students.stritch.edu/nrprewitt/Geneva.htm

Lynx
It is a conspicuous, bright green spider found on many kinds of shrub-like plants throughout the southern United States and is the largest North American lynx spider.
wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Lynx.html







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