Lynx

A lynx is any of the four species within the Lynx genus of medium-sized wildcats. The lynx has a short tail and characteristic tufts of black hair on the tips of its ears; large, padded paws for walking on snow; and long whiskers on its face. Under its neck, It has a ruff which has black bars, is not very visible, and resembles a bow tie. The four living species of the Lynx genus are believed to have evolved from the "Issoire lynx", which lived in Europe and Africa during the late Pliocene to early Pleistocene. The Pliocene felid Felis rexroadensis from North America has been proposed as an even earlier ancestor; however, this was larger than any living species, and is not currently classified as a true lynx. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Feliformia
Bobcat	Canada lynx	Eurasian lynx	Iberian lynx

phylum	Chordata	With a gray to brown coat, whiskered face, and black-tufted ears, the bobcat resembles the other species of the mid-sized Lynx genus. It is smaller on average than the Canada lynx, with which it shares parts of its range, but is about twice as large as the domestic cat. It has distinctive black bars on its forelegs and a black-tipped, stubby tail, from which it derives its name. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Lynx
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	carnivora
suborder	Feliformia
family	Felidae
genus	Lynx
species	L. rufus

phylum	Chordata	The Canadian lynx is a North American mammal of the cat family, Felidae. It is a close relative of the Eurasian Lynx. However, in some characteristics the Canada lynx is more like the bobcat than the Eurasian Lynx. It ranges across Canada and into Alaska as well as some parts of the northern United States. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Lynx
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	carnivora
suborder	Feliformia
family	Felidae
genus	Lynx
species	L. canadensis

phylum	Chordata	The Eurasian lynx is native to European and Siberian forests, South Asia and East Asia. It is also known as the European lynx, common lynx, the northern lynx, and the Siberian or Russian lynx. Populations of Eurasian lynx have been reduced or extirpated from western Europe, where it is now being reintroduced. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Lynx
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Carnivora
family	Felidae
genus	Lynx
species	L. lynx

phylum	Chordata	The Iberian lynx is a critically endangered species of felid native to the Iberian Peninsula in Southern Europe. A rabbit specialist, the Iberian lynx is unable to significantly alter its diet and, as a result, its population declined sharply when its main prey was decimated by two diseases in the 20th century. It was also affected by the loss of scrubland, its main habitat, to human development. It is now one of the most endangered cat species in the world For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Lynx
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Carnivora
family	Felidae
genus	Lynx
species	L. pardinus

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