Lynx Species Profile, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
The lynx is the only cat native to Alaska. The lynx is a large, short-tailed cat, similar to the bobcat, but distinguished by its long legs, furry feet, the long tufts on the tip of each ear, and a black-tipped tail. The large broad feet function as snowshoes to aid …
Lynx | Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
The common name for lynx in Alaska is Canadian Lynx. Males are known as “toms,” while females are referenced as “mollies.” Size varies with males reaching 35 pounds, females coming in 5 to 10 pounds smaller on average.
Lynx inhabit much of Alaska's forested terrain and use a variety of habitats, including spruce and hardwood forests, and both subalpine and successional communities. The best lynx habitat in Alaska occurs where fires or other factors create and maintain a mixture of vegetation types with an abundance of early successional growth.
Lynx - Feline Species of Alaska - Alaska Handbook
2024年11月5日 · The Lynx is a medium-sized wild cat species distributed across North America, Europe, and Asia, with a range extending from the Arctic tundra to temperate forests. The lynx, a nocturnal and elusive predator, inhabits a diverse range in …
Lynx - Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve (U.S. National …
2021年2月12日 · Lynx (Lynx canadensis) is the only member of the cat family native to Alaska. While lynx are generally thought to be solitary, new research in Alaska suggests that male and female lynx socialize outside the breeding season.
Species Spotlight: Lynx - Alaska Wildlife Alliance (AWA)
2020年4月8日 · The lynx is the only cat native to Alaska. Because lynx are shy and unobtrusive animals, many people think they are scarce. Trends in lynx population numbers are strongly correlated with the cyclic trends in snowshoe hare numbers, but lag behind by 1-2 years. Lynx, like most cats, are very curious.
Wandering Lynx, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
A lynx. A number of researchers in Alaska and Canada are studying lynx, and they have some amazing tools at their disposal. They are gaining insights into these wild cats of the north and their dietary mainstay, snow shoe hares. Photo by Dash Feierabend
Lynx - Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
Lynx are the only felines native to Alaska. A lynx’s feet are the same size as a mountain lion’s even though a lynx is one quarter the size. A lynx’s large feet relative to body size help act as snowshoes so they can stay on top of snow.
Lynx - Denali Education Center
The lynx (Felis lynx) is a medium-sized cat found in mature forests throughout mainland Alaska except on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and the southern part of the Alaska Peninsula. They are a holarctic species found in the northern forests from North America, across Asia and Scandinavia to Spain, Portugal, Poland, and the Balkan Peninsula.
Lynx - Wikipedia
The Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), or Canadian lynx, is a North American felid that ranges in forest and tundra regions [16] across Canada and into Alaska, as well as some parts of the northern United States.