Canada lynx: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Lynx canadensis • North American lynx

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Photograph of a Canada lynx on a rocky ledge against autumn foliage.

World map displaying the geographic ranges of lynx species with color-coded areas: the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) in orange across Canada and Alaska, the bobcat (Lynx rufus) in green across the United States and parts of Mexico, the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in shades of blue and purple across Europe and northern Asia, and the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in red in a small region of southwestern Europe.

Graph of snowshoe hare and Canada lynx populations over time

A small catlike animal with brown fur, a short tail, and hair growing on the tips of its ears stands in snow.

A line graph with red and blue shaded areas shows cyclical rises and falls in the populations of snowshoe hares and lynx from 1855 to 1925, illustrating how hare population peaks are followed by lynx population peaks. Small illustrations of a running snowshoe hare and a lynx appear above the graph.

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snowshoe hare lynx Eurasian lynx bobcat Iberian lynx caracal

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