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The lynx is a solitary animal and spends most of its time alone (except during breeding season). Medium-sized cats with long tufted ears and short bobbed tails, lynxes have the largest range of the entire cat family.Four species belong to the Lynx genus: the bobcat, the Eurasian lynx, the Spanish lynx and the Canadian lynx.
The Eurasian lynx, found throughout Western Europe and Northern Asia, is the most numerous and widespread of the four lynx species.
The Spanish lynx is found only in Spain and Portugal and has been reduced to a population of around 300 individuals.
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Anywhere from 60 to 90 percent of the diet of the Canadian lynx is made up of snowshoe hares.
Lynxes are distinguished by the extra-long tufts of fur on their ears and the shaggy mane of fur around their cheeks.
The tufts, which can grow to be almost an inch (2.5 centimeters) long, enable the cats to hear better.
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The long, thick fur of a lynx helps it to survive harsh winters in northern ranges.
The Spanish lynx, which is critically endangered, is probably one of the most endangered cat species in the world.
The tip of a lynx tail is completely black.
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The average weight of a lynx is between 18 and 60 pounds (8 and 27 kilograms). However, one subspecies of Eurasian lynx, called the Siberian lynx, can weigh up to 84 pounds (38 kilograms).