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Lynx - LYNX LYNX
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
The Name "Lynx": "Lynx" comes from the Greek "lunx," for the animal.
Location: Eastern Europe and Asia.
Habitat: Montane forests and woodlands at altitudes from sea level to high in the mountains.
Description: Similar in appearance to a large house cat, the coat is normally yellowish brown with dark spots and the underside is white and delicately speckled; but color varies geographically. The ears have terminal tufts of black hair. The tail is short and has a black tip. The feet are large and densely furred, even on the soles. Like all cats except the cheetah, the claws are retractile. These cats grow over four feet long, with another ten inches for the tail. It can weigh up to 100 pounds.
Behavior: The lynx is active mainly after sundown. It hunts rabbits, hares, birds, and small deer. It usually hunts by laying in ambush and then leaping swiftly, or by stalking its prey and then pouncing. It cannot run especially fast, but it can climb trees, although not to any great height. It is solitary, except during the mating season, which occurs from January through March.
Reproduction: After a gestation period of about two months the female gives birth to two to four cubs, which are born blind and furred in a den made in the hollow of a tree, among rocks, or in scrub brush. The young nurse for four or five months, but remain with their mother until the following spring.
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