Spanish Lynx.

Authors Avatar

Spanish Lynx

Spanish Lynx 
By Ryan Atkinson

Description:

The lynx is a wild carnivore which is endangered. Its scientific name is Felis pardina and it belongs to the Felidae family. The Spanish Lynx is classified as a Lynx Pardinus. Lynx is the name given to several related small, ferocious members of the  family.

The lynx is very similar to a cat, but larger than it. It has very long legs, large paws and a tuft of hair more than 2 cm long at the end of each ear. Its body is very strong and it varies from 65 cm to 130 cm in length plus a short tail. It’s covered with thick and soft fur. It has an average weight of 15-25 kg.

The lynx eats hares, rabbits, rodents, fawns and terrestrial birds. They lie in wait for their prey on the limbs of the trees. It is also common for the lynx to stalk their prey. Like all cats it is a superb predator and highly efficient killing machine. Stealthy and silent it covers a territory of many miles each day in search of its prey, namely rabbits, birds and other small animals. It was formerly believed that the Lynx would lie in wait in a tree until its prey was within pouncing distance before striking, so as to avoid attention. This, however, is not the case and the Spanish Lynx will stalk its prey on the ground at a short distance, where it will then leap and kill with either a claw slash or bite to the jugular vein.

The lynx is a nocturnal animal; they are active all the year round especially during the night.

Join now!

Breeding takes place in spring and the lynx takes shelter in caves or in hollow trees or logs. Two to four kittens make up the average litter.

The lynx is a very beautiful animal, so we must do anything we can to save them. Many people do not class the Spanish Lynx as a valid species as it is a subspecies of the Eurasian Lynx. It is smaller than the Eurasian Lynx and has much more noticeable spots with a white under side.

Environment:

Wild lynx are found across the temperate and sub artic ...

This is a preview of the whole essay