AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Lynx live in cold, snowy environments. They have long, soft coats to keep them warm. They have extra long hair on their legs and paws to help them move in snow (kind of like wearing snowshoes!) Their fur is gray to reddish-brown with white-tipped hairs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although snowshoe hares are an important prey for lynx, when they are scarce lynx use other food sources more extensively, and other small prey such as grouse, ptarmigan, squirrels, and microtine rodents are regularly taken.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lynxes are medium-size, solitary wildcats that roam the forests of North America, Europe, and Asia. While their name comes from a Greek word meaning “to shine”-because of their reflective eyes-their defining features are the prominent tufts of hair above their ears, and their short, stubby tails.