Lynx canadensis (Carnivora: Felidae)

• Published in: Mammalian Species
• Main Authors: Lavoie, Maxime, Renard, Aurélie, Larivière, Serge
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2019
• Subjects: Species Account; Canada; Kerr; Alaska; Lynx
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7149466/; https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sez019

Lynx canadensis Kerr, 1792, commonly called the Canada lynx, is a medium size felid and is the second largest of the four species in the genus Lynx. It is distributed throughout the boreal forest of most of Canada and Alaska and across portions of the northern United States. It prefers dense, regene...