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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=619058" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="02290921dvldtc.jpg"> <div> <B>Linxie's Den</b></div> <div> <B> </b><B>  </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>Home</b></U></A><B>    |    </b><A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome"><U><B>Welcome</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is a Lynx?"><U><B>What is a Lynx?</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poetry Corner"><U><B>Poetry Corner</b></U></A><B>  |   </b><A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family"><U><B>Family</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Important Messages to Parents and Childr"><U><B>Important Messages to Parents and Children!</b></U></A><B>   |   </b><A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Love Connection"><U><B>Love Connection</b></U></A><B>   |  </b><A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Favorite Links"><U><B>My Favorite Links</b></U></A><B>  </b></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03d90903.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lynx Photos"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="03c191e0.jpg" border=0 width="25" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lynx Links"><U><I><B>Lynx Links</b></I></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lynx Photos"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="03c191e0.jpg" border=0 width="25" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lynx Photos"><U><I><B>Lynx Photos</b></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>    </b></I></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="02290903.jpg"> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="02509580.gif" border=0 width="265" height="88" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="026870f0.jpg" border=0 width="391" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><B>What is a Lynx?</b></I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="026870f0.jpg" border=0 width="391" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="03afa9f0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="159" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><B>What is a Lynx?</b></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>lynx</U></b></I></div> <div> <I>any of several small, ferocious </I><I>cats</I><I> found in N North America and N Eurasia. Lynxes have small heads with tufted ears and heavy bodies with long legs and short tails; they have yellow-brown to grayish fur. Nocturnal hunters, they prey mainly on small animals. The Canadian lynx may be over 3 ft (90 cm) in length and weigh up to 40 lb (18 kg). The smaller North American spotted lynx (Felis rufa) is also known as a bobcat. </I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>LYNX</I></div> <div> <I>(Felis lynx) </I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Status: </b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I>Waiting to be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Description:</b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I> Pale, silky fur, brownish-gray in color and face ruff, long black ear tufts, and a black-tipped, bobbed tail. The bobbed tail, along with fur covered foot pads and long legs, make it easy for the lynx to run through snow. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Size:</b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I> Shoulder height: 19-24 inches, length: 36-40 inches, weight: 22-30 pounds. Males are larger than females. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Habitat:</b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I> Likes the density of coniferous forests and swamp areas where its coloring allows thelynx to be camouflaged from its prey. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Range:</b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I> Historic range has been throughout the forests of Alaska and Canada. In the the lower 48 states, it ranged into northwestern and northeastern states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, and the New England states. Today the lynx can be found only in western Montana, parts of northern Idaho, northeastern Washington, Canada and the Adirondack Mountains of New York state. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Food Source:</b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I> Snowshoe hares make up the majority of the lynx's diet, but they will also eat rodents, birds and fish. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Behavior:</b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I> Lynx are solitary, nocturnal animals who often travel up to twelve miles in a single night searching for food. They stalk and ambush their prey by sight and sound, sound being most important. It is thought that their long ear tufts are useful in detecting the movements of their prey. Lynx are also excellent swimmers and climbers. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Reproduction:</b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I> Litters of two or three young are born in the mid to late spring after a gestation period of 9-10 weeks. Nursing lasts for about five months, although kittens will begin to eat some meat at one month. The young stay with the mother until the winter mating season (February-March). </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Population:</b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I> Where lynx still occur, their numbers often increase and decrease along with their primary prey, the snowshoe hare. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Longevity:</b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I> 10-15 years. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Survival Threats:</b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I> Habitat destruction is the primary problem for the lynx today. Man's continuous development of much of its territory has made it more difficult for the lynx to thrive. The fur trade also poses a serious threat to the survival of the lynx. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011866000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Legal Protection:</b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I> CITES, appendix II. 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