The lynx is a small cat that lives mainly in North America, Europe, and Asia. They have beautiful thick fur, keeping them warm in the winer, and the paws are covered with fur act as natural snow shoes.

The are hardly seen because they avoid humans, and only hunt during the night. Lynx are skilled hunters, the hairs on their ears, are good hearing aids, and their eyes are so well developed that they can spot a mouse 75 meters away. (250 feet)

Canada lynx eat mice, squirrels, and birds, but prefer the snowshoe hare. The lynx are so dependent on this prey that their populations fluctuate with a periodic plunge in snowshoe hare numbers that occurs about every 10 years. Bigger Eurasian lynx hunt deer and other larger prey.

Lynx mate in early spring or late winter. About two months later, females give birth to a litter of one to four young.