ANIMAL THE MANY AMAZING ANIMALS LIVE ON OUR PLANET ANATOMY GLOSSARY ADVERTISEMENT IMAGE NAME WILD CATS FELIDAE FOUR SPECIES LYNX THE CANADIAN EURASIAN BOBCAT ALSO KNOWN AS THE WILDCAT SPANISH SOMETIMES PERSIAN LYNX AFRICAN LYNX BELONG TO SPANISH LYNX POPULATION DECLINE ENDANGERED CATS IN THE WORLD BECOMING VERY RARE NORTHERN UNITED STATES HABITAT DESTRUCTION COMPETITION THE MORE AGGRESSIVE WILDCATS AS IT HABITAT IBERIAN LYNX WORLDS MAMMALS SPECIES LIMITED NUMBER HABITATS POPULATIONS RISE AND FALL SYNCHRONIZATION SNOWSHOE HARES HARES SURVIVE REPRODUCE NUMBERS HARE DESCRIPTION MEDIUM SIZED WHOSE COLOUR CLIMATE SOUTHERN REGIONS RANGE SHORTER DARKER SMALLER NORTHERN LIGHTER PAWS MUCH MORE THE COLD WHITE INSIDES SHORT WHISKERS CHARACTERISTIC TUFTS BLACK HAIR THE TIP FRONT HIND LEGS SUPPORT THICK SET BODY LENGTH POUNDS TAIL OF 2 INCHES CANADIAN LYNX SMALLER THAN EURASIAN LYNX GREY THE LYNX NIGHT VISION LAYER CELLS EYES TAPETUM LUCIDUM LIGHT RETINAL RECEPTOR HITS RIGHT BACK ANOTHER CHANCE CAT EYES SHINE IN THE DARK SENSITIVE QUICK REFLEXES ACUTE HEARING HELP HUNT AT NIGHT PREFER WILDERNESS AREAS HIGH ALTITUDE FORESTS DENSE REEDS LARGEST DENS ROCK WEATHER TAKE SHELTER CAVES HOLLOW TREES APPEARS FEAR LIVE IN AREAS PERMANENT HUMANS DIET HUNTERS FEED WIDE ROE DEER SHEEP HUNTS ON THE GROUND CLIMB FISH ASSIST HUNTER CONTEST CARNIVORES LEAVE THE EURASIAN LYNX LIVES THE FOREST EATS SCRUB VEGETATION STALKING BEHAVIOUR SOLITARY TRAVEL MALE TERRITORIES OVERLAP FEMALE AGILE CLIMBERS SPEND TIME ON THE BRANCHES WAITING WEAKER BIRDS PASS BENEATH VOCAL VARIETY REPRODUCTION BREEDING SEASON GIVE BIRTH KITTENS GESTATION PERIOD ONCE WEIGH GRAMS NURSE MEAT ONE MONTH DO NOT PARENTAL CARE MOTHER STAY TOGETHER WINTERS MATING SEASON SIBLINGS FOR A WHILE THE LIFE SPAN AS 12 CONSERVATION STATUS HUNTING ILLEGAL CRITICALLY ENDANGERED FACING EXTINCTION THE KILLING INDIVIDUALS OUTLAWED 1970S SPAIN AND PORTUGAL FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DESIGNATED THREATENED SPECIES HUNTED PREDATOR DOMESTIC LEARN NEW WORLD MONKEYS OLD WORLD MONKEYS BRITISH MONKEYS OLD WORLD TARANTULA SPIDERS POUND FEET MOUNTAIN LION BIG FEET EFFECTIVELY IN DEEP THE ANIMALS POPULAR COWS RED FOX ARCTIC WOLF WOLVES GIRAFFE SPIDER MONKEY WHITE BENGAL TIGER HUNTSMAN SPIDER DUCKS KING COBRA SNAKES TRAPDOOR SPIDER WEASEL RED PANDAS HEDGEHOG BLACK MAMBA CHICKENS MORPHO BUTTERFLY GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE PEAFOWL PEACOCK GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ANIMAL ANATOMY BRITISH WILDLIFE COPYRIGHT CORNER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED