Lynx - Snowshoes

Canadian Lynx prodominatly have large feet ... more

by Wildlife Fine Art

Title

Lynx - Snowshoes

Artist

Wildlife Fine Art

Medium

Photograph - Prints / Licensing

Description

Canadian Lynx prodominatly have large feet
for running on top of the snow and abundance of padding
are to help protect them as they tend to
live in some extremely cold and snowy weather.
Canada Lynx have long black tufts of hair at
the tops of their ears serve to enhance
their already phenomenal hearing.
The Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)
The Canada lynx's diet is almost
exclusive to and dependent on snowshoe
hares and their numbers. They will also
hunt medium-sized mammals and birds if
hare numbers fall.
Lynx have short tails,
they have a ruff under the neck,
which has black bars, is not very
visible, and resembles a bow tie.
long whiskers on the face.
Their body color varies from medium
brown, to goldish, to beige-white,
and is occasionally marked with dark
brown spots, especially on the limbs.
All species of lynx also have whiteish
fur on their chests, bellies and on
the insides of their legs.
Also, the lynx's coloring, fur height
as the lynx ranges to its colder
northern climates, the fur gets progressively
thicker for warmth, the color gets lighter
for camouflage and its padded paws enlarge and
become more padded for snowy environments.
Although the lynx is now listed as a federally threatened species
, winter snow track surveys show there are good numbers of
lynx in Montana. "Montana supports the healthiest Lynx population
in the lower 48 states.Montana Lynx ecology is
subsequently different than those populations further north
with average home ranges nearly twice the size of those found in the north.

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March 2nd, 2015