Lynx

1. Lynx Lynx By BhavinMistry

2. Structural AdaptationsLynx • One structural adaptation of the lynx is snowshoe paws. This is an important because the lynx’s paws are like snowshoes so it can spread its weight so it wouldn’t sink in the snow but stay a float on the snow. • The lynx grow 2 coats of fur in the winter. This is important in the winter, the gray fur that grows on a lynx is silvery so it blends in with the snow. • Another adaptation is that the lynx can see well in the dark with size changing pupils. This is important because in the dark , the lynx’s pupils grow to be larger very quickly so it can see well in the dark to hunt. • An adaptations of the lynx is that they have long legs and huge paws. When the lynx sees a predator, it uses it’s long legs and huge paws to make it look bigger than it really is so the predator thinks it’s not a good idea to attack this, so it leaves. • My last adaptation is that the lynx has long legs for climbing well. This is important because when the lynx is chasing prey that climbs well, the lynx can climb and catch it’s prey.

3. Behavioral Adaptations • The lynx hides leftover meat in the den. They do this so they don’t starve and so they don’t run out of food in the winter. • The lynx also pees on trees to mark territory. They pee on trees to mark territory because the territory is a hunting zone and a den. • When food is low, the lynx looks for prey farther than it’s territory. Lynx can go beyond it’s territory to find prey but it is risky to find food beyond it’s territory. • The lynx’s territory is usually 15 to 50 km. the lynx do this because if the territory is larger, there would be more hunting grounds for the lynx and that means the lynx has more prey in the area.

4. Habitat • The lynx lives in the forests. It lives in Canada and the United States of America. • The lynx’s habitat includes high altitude forests with dense cover of shrubs, reeds, and tall grass. The lynx needs this because this makes the lynx hard to see. • The lynx’s habitat has fallen, so it has a good shelter and protection and it also needs the trees because it hides the lynx so it can catch prey without the prey seeing the lynx.

5. Diet • The lynx is a carnivore and typically eats snowshoe hares. • It also eats mice, voles, squirrels, grouse, dead deer, and caribou calves. • When the snowshoe hare eats vegetation, the vegetation would be gone so the lynx eats the snowshoe hares and then there is lots of vegetation. • The lynx stores leftover kills by covering it with snow in the den, and the lynx does this so it would not starve and die

6. Diet Food Chain • sun • snowshoe hare SUN • Snowshoe hare • plants • vegetation • Lynx

7. Resources • Natures Children Lynx by MerebethSwitzer • http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/lynx/?source=A-to-Z