The Canada lynx is a medium-sized wild cat native to the boreal forests of Canada, Alaska, and the northern United States. It has long legs, large padded paws adapted for moving across deep snow, tufted ears, and a short, black-tipped tail. Its population and range are tightly linked to that of its primary prey, the snowshoe hare, and lynx numbers rise and fall in a well-documented cycle that tracks hare abundance roughly every ten years. It is a solitary, mainly nocturnal hunter and is closely related to the Eurasian lynx and bobcat, with which its range overlaps in parts of southern Canada and the northern United States.
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Source Canada Lynx (Wikidata)
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Source Wikipedia: Canada Lynx
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Source Wikipedia: Canada Lynx
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikipedia: Canada Lynx
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It is regularly trapped for the international fur trade in most of Alaska and Canada but is protected in the southern half of its range due to threats such as habitat loss.
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- In Biome: Boreal Forest, Wikipedia intro: "a, Canada and northern areas of the contiguous United States, where it predominantly inhabits dense boreal forests. It is a specialist predator and depends heav..."
In Ecosystem: Canadian Boreal Forest, article text (ecosystem), EntityId 346049, target E266744
It ranges across Alaska, Canada and northern areas of the contiguous United States, where it predominantly inhabits dense boreal forests.
View the Source 4. Canada Lynx (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q146457 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Wikidata Q146457 (P1034 main food source): Arctic hare
Main food source (Wikidata property P1034): Arctic hare.
Wikidata Q146457 (P1034 main food source): carrion
Main food source (Wikidata property P1034): carrion.
- Child Taxon Of: Lynx, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q677014 (Lynx)
View the Source 5. NatureServe Explorer: Lynx canadensis
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
6. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Lynx canadensis (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITESQuote, Conservation Status: CITES
CITES Appendix II
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