Most states in the United States declare that it is illegal to own any species of lynx. However, Alabama, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin allow bobcats to be kept as pets. The bobcat ranges further than the Canada lynx. It is found in southern Canada, most of the continental United States, and as far south as northern Mexico. It lives in both forests and grasslands.

a b Cahalane, Victor H (March 1, 2005). Meeting the Mammals. Kessinger Publishing. p.64. ISBN 1-4179-9522-X. Lynx are a keystone species for a number of reasons. As large predator, they keep populations under control, but when ambush predators like this are about, prey animals need to stay on the alert. This leads them to alter their behaviour; staying away from areas in which they could be easily cut off or ambushed. One of the main reasons for the Iberian lynx’s decline was the decline of its staple prey, the European rabbit. This happened due to a variety of reasons, including overhunting and disease. Without their primary food source, the number of Iberian lynxes naturally declined. Because the Canada lynx also relies on one primary prey, the snowshoe hare, they are susceptible to similar problems. Habitat loss and degradation Fedriani, J. M., T. K. Fuller, R. M. Sauvajot and E. C. York. 2000. Competition and intraguild predation among three sympatric carnivores. Oecologia, 125:258–270. a b "Canada lynx, American lynx". Science & Nature: Animals – Wildfacts. BBC. July 25, 2008 . Retrieved May 29, 2011.The Canada lynx has a one-month mating season between March and April. Mating calls and marking with urine are typical matings behaviors. Gestation is between two and three months and the resulting litter can be one kitten or as many as eight. Litter sizes appear to vary depending on the availability of prey. The kittens weigh between 6.2 and 8.3 ounces and do not open their eyes for 14 days. These kittens also leave their mothers around 10 months. You’ll likely never be as wealthy as any member of LYNX’s board of directors, who’ve seen fit to exploit your labor, but not one of them could break a ship apart near as well as you can. That satisfaction may not objectively mean much in the game’s world, but it feels like just about everything in that moment, floating in space, doing your job to the best of your abilities. The bobcat ( Lynx rufus) is a North American wild cat. With 13 recognized subspecies, the bobcat is common throughout southern Canada, the continental United States, and northern Mexico. [25] Like the Eurasian lynx, its conservation status is "least concern." [26] The bobcat is an adaptable predator that inhabits deciduous, coniferous, or mixed woodlands, but unlike other Lynx, does not depend exclusively on the deep forest, and ranges from swamps and desert lands to mountainous and agricultural areas, its spotted coat serving as camouflage. [27] The population of the bobcat depends primarily on the population of its prey. [28] Nonetheless, the bobcat is often killed by larger predators such as coyotes. [29] The Iberian lynx litter is born between March and September after a two-month gestation period. The majority of births are in March and April. These kittens weigh between 7 and 8.8 ounces. By 10 months, the kittens are mostly independent, but many remain with the mother until about 20 months of age. They are known to get into violent fights with each other, which often leads to death. This starts to happen between 30 and 60 days of age. These animals are primarily threatened by other predators larger than it as well as humans. The Eurasian lynx is one of the largest predators in Europe, with only the gray wolf and brown bear being larger. In North America, the cougar, gray wolf, and coyote pose threats to the lynx. Humans have often hunted lynx for their fur, but some species are now protected, depending on the region. The Eurasian and Canadian lynx are most vulnerable to loss of habitat. Both are also dependent on prey numbers remaining healthy. The bobcat is the least endangered of all lynx species, and its numbers remain well into the hundreds of thousands despite being actively hunted by humans.

Deletion of Bobcat (Lynx rufus) from Appendix II" (PDF). Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Proposal 5. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. October 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2013 . Retrieved May 31, 2007. There’s a catch, though: You sign away your rights as a private citizen when you become a shipbreaker, forfeiting ownership of your genetic signature to LYNX. You’ll be promptly resurrected as a clone in the event of your untimely death in space, and you must then work off the cost of that replication. It’s a dangerous job, but death is a situation that’s damaging to your bank account, not your actual existence.The lynx is found in the Białowieża Forest in northeastern Poland, in Estonia and in the northern and western parts of China, particularly the Tibetan Plateau. In Romania, the numbers exceed 2,000, the largest population in Europe outside of Russia, although most experts consider the official population numbers to be overestimated. [32] Colorado: Lynx No Longer Missing". New York Times. Associated Press. September 17, 2010. p.A13. Archived from the original on 2022-01-03 . Retrieved May 29, 2011.

In the 1960s, environmentalists started to recognise the importance of the lynx in forested landscapes, according to Hetherington’s book. They have naturally recolonised territories in Scandinavia, the Baltic states, western Russia and the Carpathian mountains thanks to acceptance by local people, an increase in forest cover and growing populations of deer (their main food source).

Diet and population

They fit so well into these ecosystems due to a series of specialized adaptations. 3 5. Lynx wear snow shoes Proailurus, the oldest cat, appeared in France 30 million years ago. This aboreal creature weighed around 25 pounds and had eight more teeth than modern cats. 20 Million years ago, the direct ancestor of modern cats, Pseudaelurines, was found in the fossil record. Around 1.6 million years ago, the saber-tooth tiger, Smilodon, was found in fossil records discovered in the La Brea tar pits in California. These big cats became extinct around 10,000 years ago. Snowshoe hares are the main source of food for Canada lynx. A hungry lynx might eat a whole hare for one meal, while others will eat some and hide the rest for later. When hares cannot be found, the lynx will prey on small mammals, birds and sometimes even large animals like caribou. Habitat and distribution

Hetherington believes southern Scotland and Kielder forest could support about 50 lynxes in total, and the Highlands could support 400. His research suggests Scotland has more than 20,000 sq km of suitable habitat for lynxes. The less-populated parts of the UK are better suited to lynxes because roads are a significant cause of mortality and affect a population’s ability to colonise new landscapes. But while lynxes are a keystone species, they will not radically change landscapes as beavers do, and would not be suited to living in all parts of the country. They are solitary ambush hunters. Each animal generally has a territory of at least 100 sq km and cats of the same sex do not like to share territories. Landscapes cannot support a high density of them. Why wouldn’t we want lynxes? Lynx are carnivores, and they hunt other animals for food. Each species has its own eating habits. The Canada lynx targets snowshoe hares, and the Iberian lynx eats mostly European rabbits. Bobcats eat a mixture of rabbits, hares, birds, and rodents, and the Eurasian lynx is big enough to hunt deer. All four species have great hearing and eyesight, so they can spot even the smallest prey hundreds of metres away, even though they hunt at night. How big is a lynx?Kelly, M.; Morin, D. & Lopez-Gonzalez, C. A. (2016). " Lynx rufus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T12521A50655874. By using camera traps and tagging kittens, researchers have learned that young lynx become independent at 10 months of age and head out to find their own territories after 20 months. Females have smaller territories than males and don’t stray as far from home, and there are some reports of mother-daughter pairs hunting together. Once a young lynx has established its own territory, it is ready to reproduce. Threats to survival