Lynx
Introduction
World Map of Distribution of Lynx
A lynx is a type of wild cat that lives in America,America, EuropeEurope and Asia.Asia. They like to live in forests,forests, rockyrocky places and snow.
What Lynx Look Like
Lynx have short bodybodies with powerfulpowerful legs. Their back legs are longerlonger than their front legs. The big pads on their large round paws make their feet like snow shoes. To eat prey, they have sharp teeth and strong claws. They can be 70 to 100 centimetrescentimetres long. The male can weigh 30 kilogramskilograms and the femalefemale 20 kilograms.They can be about 50 centimetres tall. In summersummer their fur is yellowyyellowy brown to red with black spots and white on the belly. In winter their fur is thick and fluffyfluffy to keep them warm. On the tip of their short tails there is a black patch. Lynx cats have big ears with tufts on the tips and they have long whiskerswhiskers to feel with. If danger or prey is withinwithin 50 metres they can see and hear it very well.
What Lynx Eat
Lynx are carnivores.carnivores. They eat small mammalsmammals like mice, squirrels,squirrels, hares and rabbitsrabbits and biggerbigger animals like foxes,foxes, wild pigs, deer and reindeer. They also eat birds and fish.
How Lynx Move
Lynx run fast when they want to catch their prey but they oftenoften give up and let the 
Lynx have big padded paws like snow shoes and thick, fluffy fur to keep warm in the snow.prey go the first time. They climb rocks and trees and swim reallyreally well.
Lynx's Life Cycle
Lynx can live for 10 to 20 years. They live alonealone but in spring they make a den with rocks and they find a mate. After ten weeks they have 1 to 4 babies. The kittenskittens are blind. They stay with their mother for a year.
Lynx's Enemies
The babybabies are in dangerdanger from foxes.foxes. All lynx are huntedhunted by wolfwolves but people are very dangerousdangerous for lynx because they take their habitathabitat and they hunt them for their fur. Although we are not allowed to do it now, people still poach them.
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Lynx paws have toes that spread when they hit the ground. |
Conclusion
Lynx are beautybeautiful animals. They live in forestsforests in cold places like Sweden. They catch their prey by swimming,swimming, climbing and runningrunning fast. Although they are solitarysolitary animals, their babies stay with their mothers for a year. We should look after lynx by not killingkilling them for their fur and not cuttingcutting down trees.
Glossary
| belly | tummy | poach | hunting that is against the law |
| carnivores | animals that eat meat | prey | hunted and eaten animals |
| den | home | solitary | being alone |
| habitat | where something lives | tuft | bits of fur that stick up |
Bibliography
- Fact File about Lynx, by Lynda Nunweek
- Discover Series Big Cats, by Xist Publishing
- National Geographic
By Amy
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