4. They live in Rocky mountain areas such
as Wyoming and Northern Colorado.
They mostly live in Washington, Northern
Oregon, Northern Idaho, and Northwest
Montana.
They also live in the East, Northern New
England and Northwest New York, and
the Midwest, and Northern Michigan
and Northern Wisconsin.
6. Color- Beige with gray and black spots.
Lynx are a medium sized cat with long
hair on it’s face beside it’s ears and a
short hair.
Most adult Lynx are 30-42 in. long, and
weigh 18-30 pounds.
Male Lynx are occasionally larger then
female Lynx. Males weigh about 40
pounds.
7. They are born as live birth.
They do not create nests for their
newborns, since they have long thick fur
they cover their babies with it.
They typically have 2-3 baby
cubs, rarely 1, 4, or 5 cubs.
They can have up to 5 babies at a time.
Lynx are able to breed when they are
one year old, but they often breed in the
second year.
8. Lynx can leap up to ten meters.
The tufts of fur on the lynx's ears are said
to direct sound waves towards the
ears, thereby making its hearing more
sensitive.
9. The Lynx is classified by the International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
as Critically Endangered - CR (Status:
Threatened) - Face an extremely high
risk of extinction in the immediate future.