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In the wild Canadian Lynx are: Strictly carnivorous: leporids (especially the snowshoe hare); deer and other ungulates especially in the winter when they are weakened after rutting or hunger; rodents, birds and fish and carrion.
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Characteristics and Physical Features of the Lynx ... Lynx are one of the most northerly wild cats. They are small yet powerful hunters. Lynx try to stay away from humans as much as possible so you rarely ... Diet: Lynx eat mainly arctic hares and other small rodents. But commonly eat squirrels, ptarmigan, and grouse.
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Lynx are carnivores and eat meat
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Results 1 - 10 from 39 for lynx eat in 0.466 sec. ... Canada Lynx - WDNR; Food Hare/Lynx Cycle (Click to enlarge). Snowshoe hares are lynx's primary food. Lynx also eat red squirrel, other small mammals and some birds, ... closely follows the distribution of its main food, the snowshoe hare, which inhabits boreal forests.
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www.earthplatform.com/lynx/eat
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Food The primary food of the lynx is the snowshoe hare. When hares are plentiful, lynx eat little else, taking about two hares every three days. When hares are scarce, lynx also prey upon mice, voles, squirrels, grouse, and ptarmigan, and they will also eat carrion.
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lynx.uio.no/jon/lynx/nwtlynx.htm
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Lynx will eat grouse, ptarmigan, mice, voles, red squirrels, carrion and almost any other flesh. Yet when hares are plentiful, they eat almost nothing else. And when hares are scarce, although many lynx starve to death and few kittens that are born don't survive, some lynx have been found plump and healthy.
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Gilpin M. E. (1973) Do hares eat lynx? Am. Nat., 107, 727-730. ... No context found. Gilpin, M. E. 1973. Do hares eat lynx? -- Am. Nat. 107: 727 -- 730. Online articles have much greater impact More about CiteSeer.IST Add search form to your site Submit documents Feedback ;
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Canadian lynx only eat meat. Snowshoe hares are a very important food for these cats, and when there are fewer hares to eat, the number of lynx decreases. In some areas, such as Cape Breton Island, lynx eat only hares, but in other areas they also feast on rodents, birds and fish.
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Characteristics The Canada lynx has very thick, light brown or gray fur with light black spots. It has large ears with long black tufts at the ends. Its tail is short with a black tip at the end. It has a pointed, beard-like ruff and long legs with big paws.
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www.nhptv.org/natureworks/lynx.htm
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