The lynx
The lynxes are similar the cats. There are in
the world four types of lynxes northern hemisphere:
the red lynx north american,the canadian lynx,
the boreal lynx and the iberian lynx.
the world four types of lynxes northern hemisphere:
the red lynx north american,the canadian lynx,
the boreal lynx and the iberian lynx.
Characteristics:
It´s an animal that have short legs with which you can easily walk on snow. its fur is dense. Its main characteristic is the black and pointed fur on the ears. The color its fur is: since white until dark brown, they can have even black rays in all its body. Its fur is adapted the winter and the snow, but heat not.
The lynx live between 10 (ten) and 20 (twenty) years, according to the species.
They are carnivorous. Its food are rabbits, hares, birds, squirrels, insects and reptiles. It can´t run a lot, but it can, swim, climb and jump.
They are carnivorous. Its food are rabbits, hares, birds, squirrels, insects and reptiles. It can´t run a lot, but it can, swim, climb and jump.
lynx is an animal protected since september 19, 1979 for the convención internacional de berna.
![](http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2005/20050309_pelts.jpg)
These animals are endangered for the selling its fur and for the shortage the food as the rabbit. The specie of lynxes that is more endangered is the iberian lynx. This feline is the that more is in endangered in the planet.
Pictures of lynxes:>
- The red lynx north american:
- The canadian lynx->
The boreal lynx->
![](http://www.animals-zone.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Iberian-Lynx-4.jpg)