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Lynx
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. Name combination.
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF64FFB21B301FA479F947E8" bold="true" box="[840,929,1711,1732]" pageId="0" pageNumber="136">Fig. 1.—</emphasis>
An adult
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF64FFB21B871FA47EF947E8" box="[1023,1185,1711,1732]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="136">
Lynx
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF64FFB21C4E1FA47EF947E8" ID-CoL="5HBZT" authorityName=": True" authorityYear="1885" box="[1078,1185,1711,1732]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="0" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">canadensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
. Used with permission of Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF64FFB218151FEC7AF847D2" box="[109,160,1767,1790]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="136">Felis</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF64FFB218C01FEC7AB347D2" box="[184,235,1767,1790]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="136">Lynx</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF64FFB2197A1FEC7BEC47D2" box="[258,436,1767,1790]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="136">lynx canadensis</emphasis>
: Kurtén and
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF64FFB21A2E1FEC794C47D2" author="R. RAUSCH" box="[598,788,1767,1790]" pageId="0" pageNumber="136" pagination="21 - 45" refId="ref20089" refString="KURTeN, B., AND R. RAUSCH. 1959. Biometric comparisons between North American and European mammals. II. A comparison between northern lynxes of Fennoscandia and Alaska. Acta Arctica 11: 21 - 45." type="journal article" year="1959">Rausch, 1959:44</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. Name combination.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7DDE6505DF65FFB3181519C0794147B1" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="357B368EDF65FFB3181519C0788D434E" blockId="1.[109,793,203,610]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Order
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB319AA19C0786441CE" authorityName="Bowdich" authorityYear="1821" box="[466,572,203,226]" class="Mammalia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="order">Carnivora</taxonomicName>
, suborder
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB31ADB19C0794C41CE" box="[675,788,203,226]" class="Mammalia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="subOrder" subOrder="Feliformia">Feliformia</taxonomicName>
, family
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB318C519E07B54402E" box="[189,268,235,258]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Felidae</taxonomicName>
, subfamily
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB319E819E07B87402E" box="[400,479,235,258]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Felinae">Felinae</taxonomicName>
, genus
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31A4019E07832402E" box="[568,618,235,258]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">Lynx</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31A0419E078F6402E" box="[636,686,235,258]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">Lynx</emphasis>
currently contains four recognized species (
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB319961800783A400E" authorityName=": True" authorityYear="1885" box="[494,610,267,290]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319961800783A400E" box="[494,610,267,290]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB31A0E180078F9400E" box="[630,673,267,290]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lynx">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31A0E180078F9400E" box="[630,673,267,290]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">lynx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB31ACE1800794A400E" box="[694,786,267,290]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Leopardus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pardinus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31ACE1800794A400E" box="[694,786,267,290]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">pardinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB318E518207A8A406E" box="[157,210,299,322]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Leopardus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318E518207A8A406E" box="[157,210,299,322]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—Sunquist and
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB319FA18207844406E" author="SUNQUIST, M. E. &amp; F. C. SUNQUIST" box="[386,540,299,322]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref25021" refString="SUNQUIST, M. E., AND F. C. SUNQUIST. 2009. Family Felidae (cats). Pp. 54 - 168 in Handbook of mammals of the world, vol. 1. Carnivores (D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.). Lynx Ediciones, Barcelona, Spain." type="book" year="2009">Sunquist 2009</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31A551820789F406E" author="KITCHNER" box="[557,711,299,322]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref19639" refString="KITCHNER, ET AL. 2017. A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN / SSS Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11. Stampfli Publikationen AG, Bern, Switzerland." type="book" year="2017">Kitchner 2017</bibRefCitation>
); a generic synonymy and key to the species of
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31A3C1840782E404E" box="[580,630,331,354]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">Lynx</emphasis>
is provided in Larivière and Walton (1997). Three subspecies were recognized by
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB318F418807B15408E" author="WOZENCRAFT, C." box="[140,333,395,418]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref25971" refString="WOZENCRAFT, C. 2005. Order Carnivora. Pp. 532 - 628 in Mammal species of the world (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). 3 rd ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland." type="book" year="2005">Wozencraft (2005)</bibRefCitation>
; however, Sunquist and
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31A3F188078B5408E" author="SUNQUIST, M. E. &amp; F. C. SUNQUIST" box="[583,749,395,418]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref25021" refString="SUNQUIST, M. E., AND F. C. SUNQUIST. 2009. Family Felidae (cats). Pp. 54 - 168 in Handbook of mammals of the world, vol. 1. Carnivores (D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.). Lynx Ediciones, Barcelona, Spain." type="book" year="2009">Sunquist (2009)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB3181518A07B4940EE" author="BANFIELD, A. F. W." box="[109,273,427,450]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref16757" refString="BANFIELD, A. F. W. 1974. The mammals of Canada. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada." type="book" year="1974">Banfield (1974)</bibRefCitation>
recognized only two (
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB3198A18A0783E40EE" authorityName=": True" authorityYear="1885" box="[498,614,427,450]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB3198A18A0783E40EE" box="[498,614,427,450]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31AED18A0795140EE" box="[661,777,427,450]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">subsolanus</emphasis>
). More recently,
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB3197318C07BC240CE" authorityName=": True" authorityYear="1885" box="[267,410,459,482]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB3197318C07B4240CE" box="[267,282,459,482]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB3195E18C07BC240CE" box="[294,410,459,482]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been presented as monotypic by
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB3181518E07B0E432E" author="KITCHNER" box="[109,342,491,514]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref19639" refString="KITCHNER, ET AL. 2017. A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN / SSS Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11. Stampfli Publikationen AG, Bern, Switzerland." type="book" year="2017">Kitchner et al. (2017)</bibRefCitation>
who interpreted the level of morphologic and genetic differences between the taxa as insufficient to support subspecific status for
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319281B207B9C436E" box="[336,452,555,578]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">subsolanus</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB3198F1B20782E436E" box="[503,630,555,578]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">mollipilosus</emphasis>
. The following three subspecies are those presented by
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31A731B407896434E" author="WOZENCRAFT, C." box="[523,718,587,610]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref25971" refString="WOZENCRAFT, C. 2005. Order Carnivora. Pp. 532 - 628 in Mammal species of the world (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). 3 rd ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland." type="book" year="2005">Wozencraft (2005)</bibRefCitation>
:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF65FFB318151B8A781A43B4" blockId="1.[109,590,641,728]" box="[109,578,641,664]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318151B8A7AC443B4" box="[109,156,641,664]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. c.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB318DB1B8A7B9B43B4" authority="Kerr, 1792: 157" authorityName="Kerr" authorityPageNumber="157" authorityYear="1792" box="[163,451,641,664]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318DB1B8A7B4243B4" box="[163,282,641,664]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">canadensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB319581B8A7B9B43B4" author="KERR, R." box="[288,451,641,664]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref19606" refString="KERR, R. 1792. The animal kingdom, or zoological system of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class 1. Mammalia. John Murray, London, United Kingdom." type="book" year="1792">Kerr, 1792:157</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. See above.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF65FFB318151BAA78164394" blockId="1.[109,590,641,728]" box="[109,590,673,696]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318151BAA7B7D4394" box="[109,293,673,696]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. c. mollipilosus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB319541BAA7B884394" author="STONE, W." box="[300,464,673,696]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="4 - 49" refId="ref24888" refString="STONE, W. 1900. Report on the birds and the mammals collected by the McIlhenny expedition to Pt. Barrow, Alaska. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 52: 4 - 49." type="journal article" year="1900">Stone, 1900:48</bibRefCitation>
. See above.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF65FFB318151BCA781043F4" blockId="1.[109,590,641,728]" box="[109,584,705,728]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318151BCA7B4243F4" box="[109,282,705,728]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. c. subsolanus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB319581BCA7B9243F4" author="BANGS, O." box="[288,458,705,728]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="47 - 51" refId="ref16783" refString="BANGS, O. 1897. Notes on the lynxes of eastern North America, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11: 47 - 51." type="journal article" year="1897">Bangs, 1897:49</bibRefCitation>
. See above.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF65FFB318151A0D79414411" blockId="1.[109,793,774,1693]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
NOMENCLATURAL NOTES. Since
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB319AC1A0D78154231" author="KERR, R." box="[468,589,774,797]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref19606" refString="KERR, R. 1792. The animal kingdom, or zoological system of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class 1. Mammalia. John Murray, London, United Kingdom." type="book" year="1792">Kerrs 1792</bibRefCitation>
description of
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31A9E1A0D7AB84211" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
Lynx
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB318151A2D7AB84211" authorityName="Kerr" authorityYear="1792" box="[109,224,806,829]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">canadensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
its taxonomic placement has been questioned. During the 1970s through the 1990s, some researchers (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31A191A4D79494271" author="VAN GELDER, R. G." box="[609,785,838,861]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="1 - 25" refId="ref25347" refString="VAN GELDER, R. G. 1977. Mammalian hybrids and generic limits. American Museum Novitates 2635: 1 - 25." type="journal article" year="1977">Van Gelder 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB318151A6D7AAB4251" author="CORBET, G. B." box="[109,243,870,893]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref17952" refString="CORBET, G. B. 1978. The mammals of Palaearctic region: a taxonomic review. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York." type="book" year="1978">Corbet 1978</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB3197D1A6D7BC74251" author="HEMMER, H." box="[261,415,870,893]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="71 - 79" refId="ref19056" refString="HEMMER, H. 1978. The evolutionary systematics of living Felidae: present status and current problems. Carnivore 1: 71 - 79." type="journal article" year="1978">Hemmer 1978</bibRefCitation>
; McKenna and Bell 1997;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31AB61A6D7AF942B1" author="GROVES, C. P." pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="28 - 39" refId="ref18866" refString="GROVES, C. P. 1982. Cranial and dental characteristics in the systematics of Old World Felidae. Carnivore 5: 28 - 39." type="journal article" year="1982">Groves 1982</bibRefCitation>
; McCord and Cardoza 1982;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB3199E1A8D78DE42B1" author="TUMLISON, R." box="[486,646,902,925]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="1 - 8" refId="ref25298" refString="TUMLISON, R. 1987. Felis lynx. Mammalian Species 269: 1 - 8." type="journal article" year="1987">Tumlison 1987</bibRefCitation>
) thought that either data were insufficient or that differences between species were not great enough to warrant a separate genus and thus retained
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318B31AED7AA542D1" box="[203,253,998,1021]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">Lynx</emphasis>
as a subspecies within
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB31A7A1AED786B42D1" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[514,563,998,1021]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31A7A1AED786B42D1" box="[514,563,998,1021]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">Felis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Others (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31AE41AED7AF94531" author="MATYUSHKIN, E. N." pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="1 - 279" refId="ref20455" refString="MATYUSHKIN, E. N. 1979. Rysi Golarktiki [Lynx of the Holarctic]. Pp. 76 - 162 in Mlekopitayushchie: issledovaniya po faune Sovetskovo Soyuza [Mammals: investigation on the fauna of the Soviet Union] (O. L. Rossolimo, ed.). Sbornik Trudov Zoologicheskovo Muzeya MGU 13: 1 - 279 (in Russian)." type="journal article" year="1979">Matyushkin 1979</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB318C81D0D7B414531" author="HALL, E. R." box="[176,281,1030,1053]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="601 - 1181" refId="ref18893" refString="HALL, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. 2 nd ed. John Wiley &amp; Sons Inc., New York 2: 601 - 1181." type="journal article" year="1981">Hall 1981</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB3195F1D0D7B994531" author="WERDELIN, L." box="[295,449,1030,1053]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="37 - 71" refId="ref25756" refString="WERDELIN, L. 1981. The evolution of lynxes. Annales Zoologi Fennici 18: 37 - 71." type="journal article" year="1981">Werdelin 1981</bibRefCitation>
; Garcia-Perea 1992;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31AD91D0D7AF94511" author="WOZENCRAFT, W. C." pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref25914" refString="WOZENCRAFT, W. C. 1993. Order Carnivora: felidae. Pp. 288 - 299 in Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C." type="book" year="1993">Wozencraft 1993</bibRefCitation>
) supported
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319671D2D7B094511" box="[287,337,1062,1085]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">Lynx</emphasis>
as a distinct genus.
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB31A5E1D2D78ED4511" authorityName="Kerr" authorityYear="1792" box="[550,693,1062,1085]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31A5E1D2D786C4511" box="[550,564,1062,1085]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31A3A1D2D78ED4511" box="[578,693,1062,1085]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been considered as conspecific with
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB319CC1D4D7BA44571" box="[436,508,1094,1117]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lynx">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319CC1D4D7B9A4571" box="[436,450,1094,1117]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319A91D4D7BA44571" box="[465,508,1094,1117]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">lynx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Kurtén and
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31AF11D4D79494571" author="R. RAUSCH" box="[649,785,1094,1117]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="21 - 45" refId="ref20089" refString="KURTeN, B., AND R. RAUSCH. 1959. Biometric comparisons between North American and European mammals. II. A comparison between northern lynxes of Fennoscandia and Alaska. Acta Arctica 11: 21 - 45." type="journal article" year="1959">Rausch 1959</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB318151D6D7AA84551" author="WEIGEL, I." box="[109,240,1126,1149]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="1 - 120" refId="ref25706" refString="WEIGEL, I. 1961. Das Fellmuster der wildlebenden Katzenarten und der Hauskatze in Vergleichender und Stammesgeschicher Hinsicht. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 9: 1 - 120." type="journal article" year="1961">Weigel 1961</bibRefCitation>
; McCord and Cardoza 1982; Quinn and Parker 1987;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB318151D8D7B4945B1" author="TUMLISON, R." box="[109,273,1158,1181]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="1 - 8" refId="ref25298" refString="TUMLISON, R. 1987. Felis lynx. Mammalian Species 269: 1 - 8." type="journal article" year="1987">Tumlison 1987</bibRefCitation>
) and as a distinct species (
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; Kurtén and
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB318941DAD7BD74591" author="E. ANDERSON" box="[236,399,1190,1213]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref20064" refString="KURTeN, B., AND E. ANDERSON. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America. Columbia University Press, New York." type="book" year="1980">Anderson 1980</bibRefCitation>
;
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; Garcia Perea 1992;
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). More recently
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, in his revision of
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, placed
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319EB1DED785E45D1" box="[403,518,1254,1277]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
under
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along with
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31B7B1DED794945D1" box="[771,785,1254,1277]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318DD1C0D7AEB4431" box="[165,179,1286,1309]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318B81C0D7B434431" box="[192,283,1286,1309]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">pardinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB3192C1C0D7B3A4431" box="[340,354,1286,1309]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319171C0D7BFC4431" box="[367,420,1286,1309]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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in a revision of the
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presented
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319EE1C2D7BFC4411" box="[406,420,1318,1341]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319C81C2D787B4411" box="[432,547,1318,1341]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a monotypic species.
</paragraph>
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Analyses using 16S rRNA and NADH-5 indicated that
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318151C6D7B5A4451" box="[109,258,1382,1405]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319401C6D7BDA4451" box="[312,386,1382,1405]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. lynx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are sister taxa with an older ancestor common to
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318951C8D7B1844B1" box="[237,320,1414,1437]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Johnson and OBrien 1997;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31A031C8D7ABF4491" author="PECON-SLATTERY, J. &amp; A. J. PEARKS WILKERSON &amp; W. J. MURPHY &amp; S. J. O'BRIEN" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="2299 - 2309" refId="ref22339" refString="PECON-SLATTERY, J., A. J. PEARKS WILKERSON, W. J. MURPHY, AND S. J. O'BRIEN. 2004. Phylogenetic assessment of introns and SINEs within the Y chromosome using the cat family Felidae as a species tree. Molecular Biology and Evolution 21: 2299 - 2309." type="journal article" year="2004">Pecon-Slattery et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
;
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). However, another analysis using a Y chromosome marker recovered a sister relationship between
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318B71CED7B7C44D1" box="[207,292,1510,1533]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319241CED7BFE44D1" box="[348,422,1510,1533]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. lynx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the exclusion of
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB31AFB1CED7BBD4731" authority="(Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien 1998)" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31AFB1CED794044D1" box="[643,792,1510,1533]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. canadensis</emphasis>
(Pecon-Slattery and OBrien 1998)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318E01F2D7B1D4711" box="[152,325,1574,1597]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
Lynx
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB318AE1F2D7B1D4711" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[214,325,1574,1597]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">canadensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
previously was described under
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31AC91F2D79404711" box="[689,792,1574,1597]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">Felis lynx</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. Other vernacular names include
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lynx, lynx du
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(French), loup-cervier (French), pishu (Cree), lucivee, lynx, wildcat, link (
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and InteriorAlaska), and lynx cat.
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<subSubSection id="7DDE6505DF65FFB319091FD57F09442E" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319091FD5784C47D4" bold="true" box="[369,532,1758,1784]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">DIAGNOSIS</emphasis>
</heading>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB318E01E297B104615" box="[152,328,1826,1849]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">
Lynx
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</emphasis>
(
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) is the tallest lynx in North America and can be differentiated from the sympatric bobcat
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB31AB81E4979404675" box="[704,792,1858,1881]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Leopardus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31AB81E4978974675" box="[704,719,1858,1881]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31A991E4979404675" box="[737,792,1858,1881]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">rufus</emphasis>
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by its larger size (headbody length
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versus
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in
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB319711E897B4046B5" box="[265,280,1922,1945]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
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—Sunquist and
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), its large, widely spreadable and furry feet (feet are smaller, &lt;
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, and pads are naked in
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31C6F19E07E7E402E" box="[1047,1062,235,258]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31C4E19E07E35402E" box="[1078,1133,235,258]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">rufus</emphasis>
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), longer legs (height at shoulder&gt;
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versus &lt;
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for
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31C1518007E24400E" box="[1133,1148,267,290]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
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), longer ear tufts (&gt;
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versus &lt;
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in
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31C7518207E44406E" box="[1037,1052,299,322]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
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), shorter tail (&lt;0.5 length of hind foot versus&gt; 0.5 length of hind foot in
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF65FFB31CC418407F48404E" box="[1212,1296,331,354]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Leopardus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31CC418407E93404E" box="[1212,1227,331,354]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31CA118407F48404E" box="[1241,1296,331,354]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and more imprecise spotting on the belly fur (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31C2918607F5040AE" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[1105,1288,363,386]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
; Larivière and Walton 1997;
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). On average,
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is heavier (mean body weight, males:
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; females:
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) than
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(mean body weight, males:
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; females: 6.8 kg—Anderson and Lovallo 2003) although the opposite has been noted in some areas (
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;
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). The tip of the tail of
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is black all around and that of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31DFB1B207F80436E" box="[1411,1496,555,578]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. rufus</emphasis>
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is black on the dorsal surface only (Larivière and Walton 1997). Pelage of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31BC61B607E0F43AE" box="[958,1111,619,642]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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typically is more grayish (
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; Sunquist and
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; Anderson and Lovallo 2003;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31B301BA0798C43EE" author="HANSEN, K." box="[840,980,683,706]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref18926" refString="HANSEN, K. 2007. Bobcat: master of survival. Oxford University Press, New York." type="book" year="2007">Hansen 2007</bibRefCitation>
).
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Because of geographic variation across populations and even within a single region, distinguishing the skull of
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.
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</taxonomicName>
from that of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31BAA1A0079B9420E" box="[978,993,779,802]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L</emphasis>
.
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</taxonomicName>
and other felids often requires a combination of generalizations (characters that do not always hold across the entire geographic range) and specific measurements. The skull of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31BDC1A607E6242AE" box="[932,1082,875,898]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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(
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) differs from that of
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by its typically larger size, relatively smaller auditory bullae, wider interorbital breadth (&gt;
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), larger presphenoid (&gt;
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at its widest portion), typically smaller and more anterior position of the postorbital processes of the frontal bones, longer upper carnassial (&gt;
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), and by the separation of the anterior condyloid foramen from the foramen lacerum (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31CAA1D207F3B456E" author="JACKSON, H. H. T." box="[1234,1379,1067,1090]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref19398" refString="JACKSON, H. H. T. 1961. Mammals of Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison." type="book" year="1961">Jackson 1961</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31D0B1D207925454E" author="HOFFMEISTER, D. F." pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref19116" refString="HOFFMEISTER, D. F. 1989. Mammals of Illinois. University of Illinois Press, Urbana." type="book" year="1989">Hoffmeister 1989</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31BF61D407E79454E" author="ELBROCH, M." box="[910,1057,1099,1122]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" refId="ref18163" refString="ELBROCH, M. 2006. Animals skulls: a guide to North American species. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania." type="book" year="2006">Elbroch 2006</bibRefCitation>
). The skull of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31CB11D407F06454E" box="[1225,1374,1099,1122]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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can typically be differentiated from other felids by the narrower nasal branch of the premaxilla, the thinner, less depressed, and sharper postorbital processes, less deeply notched suborbital margins of the palate, and closeness to the canine and more forward placement of the first large upper premolar (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31CD31DE07F1A442E" author="POCOCK, R. I." box="[1195,1346,1259,1282]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="329 - 350" refId="ref22567" refString="POCOCK, R. I. 1917 a. The classification of existing Felidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8 20: 329 - 350." type="journal article" year="1917">Pocock 1917a</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31B931C367F08447B" bold="true" box="[1003,1360,1341,1367]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">GENERAL CHARACTERS</emphasis>
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
is a medium-sized (
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) felid that possesses a round head, short nose, long, pointed ears, long limbs, large feet, and short tail (Sunquist and
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). Pelage is gray to silver-gray, with a blueish tinge in young animals. Summer pelage is darker (
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). Some
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.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF65FFB31B301F2A79E74714" box="[840,959,1569,1592]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="137">canadensis</emphasis>
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have the blue or dilute mutation characterized by bluish-gray replacing black in the pelage (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31D681F4A7FD04774" author="JONES, S. V. H." box="[1296,1416,1601,1624]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="172 - 177" refId="ref19549" refString="JONES, S. V. H. 1923. Color variations in wild animals. Journal of Mammalogy 4: 172 - 177." type="journal article" year="1923">Jones 1923</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31DEF1F4A79254754" author="SCHWARZ, E." pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="376" refId="ref23861" refString="SCHWARZ, E. 1938. Blue or dilute mutation in Alaskan lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 19: 376." type="journal article" year="1938">Schwarz 1938</bibRefCitation>
;
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). White fur occurs on eyelids, inside of ears, chin, throat, and dorsum. The outside fur of the ears is brown with a white central spot and the facial ruff is well developed (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31B291FCA79E247F4" author="HALL, E. R." box="[849,954,1729,1752]" pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="601 - 1181" refId="ref18893" refString="HALL, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. 2 nd ed. John Wiley &amp; Sons Inc., New York 2: 601 - 1181." type="journal article" year="1981">Hall 1981</bibRefCitation>
). Pads become fully furred in winter (
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).
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Males are larger than females. Mean (except where noted) body mass (kg;
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, range or
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) of
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males and females, respectively, was: 12.53 (7, 9.9813.15), 10.14 (14, 8.1611.11) in
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(
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;
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); 10.55 (5, 9.0811.80), 8.70 (3, 7.509.50) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF65FFB31DE01E6A798C46B4" author="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G." pageId="1" pageNumber="137" pagination="699 - 705" refId="ref26347" refString="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G. 1975. Differentiation of the Canada lynx, Felis (Lynx) canadensis subsolana, in Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Zoology 53: 699 - 705." type="journal article" year="1975">van Zyll de Jong 1975</bibRefCitation>
); 15 (single male), 12.3 (2, 10.9, 13.6) in
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(Carbyn and Patriquin 1983); 10.9 (7, 9.112.2), 9.9 (16, 5.4 12.7) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01C6119E07EEC402E" author="ERICKSON, A. W." box="[1049,1204,235,258]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="132 - 133" refId="ref18282" refString="ERICKSON, A. W. 1955. A recent record of lynx in Michigan. Journal of Mammalogy 36: 132 - 133." type="journal article" year="1955">Erickson 1955</bibRefCitation>
;
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); 10.6 (18, 6.013.2), 9.1 (26, 5.915.0) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01D5318007FFE400E" author="MECH, L. D." box="[1323,1446,267,290]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="676 - 677" refId="ref20860" refString="MECH, L. D. 1977. Record movement of a Canadian lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 58: 676 - 677." type="journal article" year="1977">Mech 1977</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01DCE18007FB3400E" author="MECH, L. D." box="[1462,1515,267,290]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="261 - 267" refId="ref20884" refString="MECH, L. D. 1980. Age, sex, reproduction, and spatial organization of lynxes colonizing northeastern Minnesota. Journal of Mammalogy 61: 261 - 267." type="journal article" year="1980">1980</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01B30182079A3406E" author="MOEN, R. &amp; J. M. RASMUSSEN &amp; C. L. BURDETT &amp; K. M. PELICAN" box="[840,1019,299,322]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="13 - 22" refId="ref21168" refString="MOEN, R., J. M. RASMUSSEN, C. L. BURDETT, AND K. M. PELICAN. 2010. Hematology, serum chemistry, and body mass of free-ranging and captive Canada lynx in Minnesota. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46: 13 - 22." type="journal article" year="2010">Moen et al. 2010</bibRefCitation>
); mean not given (83, 4.19.0), mean not given (71, 2.28.2) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01CEE18407F04404E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[1174,1372,331,354]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
); 9.05 (31, ± 1.19), 7.08 (15, ± 1.36) in the
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(Murray and Boutin 1991;
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et al. 1998
</bibRefCitation>
); 12.3 (1), 8.6 (1) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01B2918A079B640EE" author="SCHORGER, A. W." box="[849,1006,427,450]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="186 - 187" refId="ref23835" refString="SCHORGER, A. W. 1947. Canada lynx taken in Sank County, Wisconsin. Journal of Mammalogy 28: 186 - 187." type="journal article" year="1947">Schorger 1947</bibRefCitation>
;
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); 10.7 (93, 6.417.3), 8.6 (91, 5.011.8) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01C1018C07F5F40CE" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[1128,1287,459,482]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="36 - 47" refId="ref23718" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1964. Physical characteristics of the Newfoundland lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 45: 36 - 47." type="journal article" year="1964">Saunders 1964</bibRefCitation>
); and 11.3 (27, range not given), 10.0 (19, range not given) in
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(
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF66FFB01D0D18E07F99432E" box="[1397,1473,491,514]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">Slough</collectingRegion>
and Mowat 1996;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01BA51B007E86430E" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[989,1246,523,546]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="150 - 162" refId="ref21939" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, AND E. J. HOFER. 1997. Numerical responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 80: 150 - 162." type="journal article" year="1997">ODonoghue et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
). Additional body masses (kg) of individual
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were: 15.9 (adult, male) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01C771B407E92434E" author="POSZIG, D. &amp; C. D. APPS &amp; A. DIBB" box="[1039,1226,587,610]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="191 - 194" refId="ref22875" refString="POSZIG, D., C. D. APPS, AND A. DIBB. 2004. Predation on two mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, by a Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis, in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains. Canadian Field-Naturalist 118: 191 - 194." type="journal article" year="2004">Poszig et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
); 12.3 (adult, male) in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF66FFB01DC61B407FAA434E" box="[1470,1522,587,610]" country="United States of America" name="Iowa" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">Iowa</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01B291B607E5B43AE" author="RASMUSSEN, J. L." box="[849,1027,619,642]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="370 - 371" refId="ref23254" refString="RASMUSSEN, J. L. 1969. A recent record of the lynx in Iowa. Journal of Mammalogy 50: 370 - 371." type="journal article" year="1969">Rasmussen 1969</bibRefCitation>
); 12.7 (adult, male) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01D3A1B607FE443AE" author="FULLER, A. K." box="[1346,1468,619,642]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="395 - 398" refId="ref18642" refString="FULLER, A. K. 2004. Canada lynx predation on white-tailed deer. Northeastern Naturalist 11: 395 - 398." type="journal article" year="2004">Fuller 2004</bibRefCitation>
); 8.2 (kitten) in November in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF66FFB01C341B807EEA438E" box="[1100,1202,651,674]" country="Canada" name="Manitoba" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">Manitoba</collectingRegion>
(Carbyn and Patriquin 1983); 10.0 (adult, male), 7.0 (adult, female), 4.0 (juvenile, female) in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF66FFB01B301BC079FF43CE" box="[840,935,715,738]" country="United States of America" name="Montana" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">Montana</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01BC11BC07ED543CE" author="KOEHLER, G. M. &amp; M. G. HORNOCKER &amp; H. S. HASH" box="[953,1165,715,738]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="441 - 442" refId="ref19774" refString="KOEHLER, G. M., M. G. HORNOCKER, AND H. S. HASH. 1979. Lynx movements and habitat use in Montana. Canadian Field-Naturalist 93: 441 - 442." type="journal article" year="1979">Koehler et al. 1979</bibRefCitation>
); 15.0 (adult, male), 9.9 (kitten, male), 4.5 (kitten, female) in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF66FFB01CFF1BE07EA8422E" box="[1159,1264,747,770]" country="United States of America" name="Wyoming" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">Wyoming</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01D791BE07FF3422E" author="BLANCHARD, W. E." box="[1281,1451,747,770]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="450 - 451" refId="ref17179" refString="BLANCHARD, W. E. 1959. Lynx from western Wyoming. Journal of Mammalogy 40: 450 - 451." type="journal article" year="1959">Blanchard 1959</bibRefCitation>
); 7.80 (yearling, female), 3.75 (kitten, male) in January, 3.75 (kitten, female) in January, 5.50 (kitten, female) in April,
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<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF66FFB01DD51A207FAA426E" box="[1453,1522,811,834]" country="Canada" name="Yukon" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">Yukon</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01B291A407E0A424E" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; E. HOFER &amp; F. I. DOYLE" box="[849,1106,843,866]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="6 - 9" refId="ref22086" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., E. HOFER, AND F. I. DOYLE. 1995. Predator versus predator. Natural History 104: 6 - 9." type="journal article" year="1995">ODonoghue et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
; Mowat and
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF66FFB01CA71A407F73424E" box="[1247,1323,843,866]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">Slough</collectingRegion>
1998).
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Mean measurements (mm,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF66FFB01CDC1A607EE942AE" box="[1188,1201,875,898]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">n</emphasis>
, range or
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) of males and females, respectively, were: total length 1,030 (4, 9951,050), 980 (7, 9501,010); length of tail 140 (4, 100150), 110 (8, 100 140); length of hind foot 250 (4, 230260), 230 (8, 220240) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01BD91AE07E47452E" author="BERRIE, P. M." box="[929,1055,1003,1026]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" refId="ref16971" refString="BERRIE, P. M. 1971. Report on lynx studies. Annual Project Segment Report 10. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Juneau, Alaska." type="book" year="1971">Berrie 1971</bibRefCitation>
); total length 920 (12, 8501,050), 860 (11, 780950); length of tail 110 (12, 100120), 100 (11, 80110); length of hind foot 230 (12, 220250), 220 (11, 210240) in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF66FFB01B301D4079C0454E" box="[840,920,1099,1122]" country="Canada" name="Alberta" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">Alberta</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01BD11D407EC2454E" author="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G." box="[937,1178,1099,1122]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="699 - 705" refId="ref26347" refString="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G. 1975. Differentiation of the Canada lynx, Felis (Lynx) canadensis subsolana, in Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Zoology 53: 699 - 705." type="journal article" year="1975">van Zyll de Jong 1975</bibRefCitation>
); total length 892.6 (96, 736.6 1,066.8), 844.0 (89, 762.0965.2); length of tail 104.6 (96, 50.8127.0), 97.0 (95, 76.2121.9); length of hind foot 234.2 (95, 203.2260.4), 223.0 (89, 190.5247.7) in Newfoundland (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01B291DC079AA45CE" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[849,1010,1227,1250]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="36 - 47" refId="ref23718" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1964. Physical characteristics of the Newfoundland lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 45: 36 - 47." type="journal article" year="1964">Saunders 1964</bibRefCitation>
); height at chest 467 (30, ± 10.4), 422 (15, ± 6.3) in the
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF66FFB01BC01DE07EC3442E" box="[952,1179,1259,1282]" country="Canada" name="Northwest Territories" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">Northwest Territories</collectingRegion>
(Murray and Boutin 1991); total length 852.8 (120, ± 3.21), 812.7 (118, ± 3.00) in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF66FFB01D281C007FF9440E" box="[1360,1441,1291,1314]" country="Canada" name="Ontario" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">Ontario</collectingRegion>
(Quinn and Gardner 1984).
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01C5B1C207EF8446E" author="HALL, E. R." box="[1059,1184,1323,1346]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="601 - 1181" refId="ref18893" refString="HALL, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. 2 nd ed. John Wiley &amp; Sons Inc., New York 2: 601 - 1181." type="journal article" year="1981">Hall (1981)</bibRefCitation>
presented the following ranges of measurements (mm, mixed sexes, sample size not specified): total length (825954), length of tail (95125), length of hind foot (203250).
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01BBD1C807ECB448E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[965,1171,1419,1442]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. (1983)</bibRefCitation>
reported the following ranges of measurements (mm) for
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and
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, respectively, from
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: total length 770950, 740910; length of hind foot 132158, 122148; height at shoulder 430530, 410520. Additional measurements (mm) of individual
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF66FFB01D201F007FAB470E" box="[1368,1523,1547,1570]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="138">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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were: total length 965.0 (adult, male), length of tail 152 (adult, male), length of hind foot 140 (adult, male) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01D031F40792547AE" author="RASMUSSEN, J. L." pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="370 - 371" refId="ref23254" refString="RASMUSSEN, J. L. 1969. A recent record of the lynx in Iowa. Journal of Mammalogy 50: 370 - 371." type="journal article" year="1969">Rasmussen 1969</bibRefCitation>
); total length 1,219.2 (adult, male) in
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(
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); total length 840.0 (adult, female), length of hind foot 220.0 (adult, female), length of ear 65.0 (adult, female), neck circumference 205.0 (adult, female) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01D121FC07FBA47CE" author="MECH, L. D." box="[1386,1506,1739,1762]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="676 - 677" refId="ref20860" refString="MECH, L. D. 1977. Record movement of a Canadian lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 58: 676 - 677." type="journal article" year="1977">Mech 1977</bibRefCitation>
); total length 830.0 (adult, female), length of hind foot 211.0 (adult, female), length of tail 90.0 (adult, female), length of ear 62 (adult, female) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01CCA1E207F06466E" author="DOLL, A. D. &amp; D. S. BALSER &amp; R. F. WENDT" box="[1202,1374,1835,1858]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="414" refId="ref18077" refString="DOLL, A. D., D. S. BALSER, AND R. F. WENDT. 1957. Recent records of Canada lynx in Wisconsin. Journal of Mammalogy 38: 414." type="journal article" year="1957">Doll et al. 1957</bibRefCitation>
); total length 978.0 (adult, male), length of hind foot 241.0 (adult, male), height of shoulder 603.0 (adult, male), length of ear tuft 48.0 (adult, male) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF66FFB01C031E807F40468E" author="SCHORGER, A. W." box="[1147,1304,1931,1954]" pageId="2" pageNumber="138" pagination="186 - 187" refId="ref23835" refString="SCHORGER, A. W. 1947. Canada lynx taken in Sank County, Wisconsin. Journal of Mammalogy 28: 186 - 187." type="journal article" year="1947">Schorger 1947</bibRefCitation>
); total length 968.0 (kitten, male), 759.0 (kitten, female), length of tail 127.0 (kitten, male), 86.0 (kitten, female), length of hind foot 260.0 (kitten, male), 221.0 (kitten, female), length of ear 86.0 (kitten, male), 76.0 (kitten, female) in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF67FFB1191018207B89406E" box="[360,465,299,322]" country="United States of America" name="Wyoming" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Wyoming</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11999182078D2406E" author="BLANCHARD, W. E." box="[481,650,299,322]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="450 - 451" refId="ref17179" refString="BLANCHARD, W. E. 1959. Lynx from western Wyoming. Journal of Mammalogy 40: 450 - 451." type="journal article" year="1959">Blanchard 1959</bibRefCitation>
).
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Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of skull and lateral view of mandible of
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Lynx
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from Quebec (adult male, 5.5 years of age, captured in Baie Comeau on November 1982, mammalogy collection of Laval University Department of Biology). Greatest length of cranium is 123.86 mm.
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Mean skull measurements (mm,
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, range or
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) of males and females, respectively, were: greatest length of skull 129 (23, ± 4.10), 122 (13, ± 2.95); basilar length 108 (24, ± 4.01), 101 (13, ± 2.48); zygomatic breadth 94 (24, ± 3.22), 89 (12, ± 1.89); maxillary toothrow 40 (24, ± 1.22), 37 (15, ± 0.86); canine width 35 (22, ± 2.75), 32 (15, ± 0.99) in Newfoundland (
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); greatest length of skull130.28 (9, 117.41135.82), 124.09 (9, 117.60 129.30); condylobasal length 118.02 (125, 104.04126.48), 112.86 (135, 98.99126.24); basilar length, 106.62 (1), 102.61 (4, 99.49105.66); palatilar length 47.56 (9, 41.9449.54), 45.20 (9, 42.6847.66); zygomatic breadth 91.84 (11, 83.0296.50), 87.51 (13, 82.1891.40); interorbital breadth 29.40 (11, 26.5432.40), 27.83 (13, 25.8330.18); braincase breadth 57.92 (10, 55.48 60.30), 56.93 (13, 54.2458.78); mastoidal breadth 55.21 (10, 49.5259.04), 53.10 (9, 51.0755.38); maxillary toothrow 39.69 (2, 39.1, 40.27), 40.46 (4, 39.1942.90); mandible length 84.90 (10, 76.5888.24), 81.95 (13, 78.5087.14—
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).
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presented the following ranges of skull measurements (mm, mixed sexes, sample size unknown) greatest length of skull (120 136), zygomatic breadth (8293), alveolar length of maxillary toothrow (38.141.6). In juveniles, the sagittal crest is not developed, the humerus is small (males &lt;
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, females &lt;
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), and the epiphyseal suture is not ossified (
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). Foot measurements (
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,
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) of males and females, respectively, were: foot area
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(30, ± 28.4),
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(15, ± 27.7) and footloading:
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/cm
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(30, ± 5.2),
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(15, ± 5.5) for specimens in the
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(Murray and Boutin 1991).
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The geographic range of
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Lynx
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extends throughout the boreal forests of most of
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and across the northern parts of the
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(
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). The northern distribution of
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is limited by tree line in
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, Labrador,
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,
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,
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, and
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, whereas it is limited by snowfall and competition with
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.
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and the coyote
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11AA31CCA7AEE44D4" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Canis latrans</emphasis>
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in the south (
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;
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). The northern limit of its range has not changed significantly for at least the past two centuries, but the southern limit has been pushed northward in the Great Plains,
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, and
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(
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). In
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,
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.
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is present in all provinces and territories except
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. It is also absent from mainland
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, the Canadian west coast, and the southern Prairie. However, historically,
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occurred in mainland
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and
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. In the continental
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, it was formerly found in 24 states and as far south as
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during the mid-1800s (
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). Currently,
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only occurs in some southern extensions of boreal forest (
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;
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) in northern
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, northern
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, western
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, Northern
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, Northern
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, north-central
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, and north-central
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.
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11D1E19C07FAB41CE" box="[1382,1523,203,226]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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individuals have been sighted in
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,
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, and
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(Hoffman and Genoways 2005;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11D7D18007FBC400E" author="LEON-KILPATRICK, S." box="[1285,1508,267,290]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" refId="ref20252" refString="LEON-KILPATRICK, S. 2015. Uncovering the mystery of New England's lynx. Endangered Species Bulletin, Spring 2015." type="journal volume" year="2015">Leon-Kilpatrick 2015</bibRefCitation>
). Except for
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF67FFB11BC318207E5B406E" box="[955,1027,299,322]" country="United States of America" name="Alaska" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Alaska</collectingRegion>
where it is abundant, the largest populations in the
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are found in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF67FFB11C0518407E98404E" box="[1149,1216,331,354]" country="United States of America" name="Maine" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Maine</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF67FFB11C8818407F08404E" box="[1264,1360,331,354]" country="United States of America" name="Montana" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Montana</collectingRegion>
. The occasional appearance of
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11BA718607E3540AE" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[991,1133,363,386]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11BA718607E3540AE" box="[991,1133,363,386]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in other states probably represents an increase of dispersers from
<collectingCountry id="4DD3761EDF67FFB11C1118807EEF408E" box="[1129,1207,395,418]" name="Canada" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Canada</collectingCountry>
during the peak of abundance (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11B2818A07E6240EE" author="MCKELVEY, K. S. &amp; K. B. AUBRY &amp; Y. K. ORTEGA" box="[848,1082,427,450]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" refId="ref20666" refString="MCKELVEY, K. S., K. B. AUBRY, AND Y. K. ORTEGA. 2000 a. History and distribution of lynx in the contiguous United States. Pp. 207 - 264 in Ecology and conservation of the lynx in the United States (F. L. Ruggerio, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">McKelvey et al. 2000a</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</subSection>
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<heading id="6E3381E2DF67FFB11C5E18F67F4D433B" allCaps="true" bold="true" box="[1062,1301,509,535]" centered="true" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" reason="6">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11C5E18F67F4D433B" bold="true" box="[1062,1301,509,535]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">FOSSIL RECORD</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF67FFB11B0B1B4A7EB94254" blockId="3.[840,1524,577,1720]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">
There are two different hypotheses concerning lynx evolution, one based on fossils and morphology, and a more recent one based on genetics. The hypothesis based on fossils and morphology suggests that the genus
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11C381BAA7E2A4394" box="[1088,1138,673,696]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Lynx</emphasis>
probably originated in Africa during the early or mid-Pliocene (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11C2E1BCA7EB543F4" author="WERDELIN, L." box="[1110,1261,705,728]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="37 - 71" refId="ref25756" refString="WERDELIN, L. 1981. The evolution of lynxes. Annales Zoologi Fennici 18: 37 - 71." type="journal article" year="1981">Werdelin 1981</bibRefCitation>
). The lynx ancestor,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11DB91BCA799543D4" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Lynx issiodorensis</emphasis>
migrated into the Northern Hemisphere during the Villafranchian and gave rise to the Eurasian lynx
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11D2F1A0A7FC74234" baseAuthorityName="Tumlison" baseAuthorityYear="1987" box="[1367,1439,769,792]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lynx">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11D2F1A0A7FC74234" box="[1367,1439,769,792]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">L. lynx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Asia (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11B281A2A79B24214" author="WERDELIN, L." box="[848,1002,801,824]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="37 - 71" refId="ref25756" refString="WERDELIN, L. 1981. The evolution of lynxes. Annales Zoologi Fennici 18: 37 - 71." type="journal article" year="1981">Werdelin 1981</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11C781A2A7E104214" baseAuthorityName="Tumlison" baseAuthorityYear="1987" box="[1024,1096,801,824]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lynx">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11C781A2A7E104214" box="[1024,1096,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">L. lynx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
then spread eastwards in North America giving rise to
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11BA21A4A7E324274" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[986,1130,833,856]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11BA21A4A7E324274" box="[986,1130,833,856]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
probably during the Sangamonian or the early Wisconsinan (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11C411A6A7E8A4254" author="WERDELIN, L." box="[1081,1234,865,888]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="37 - 71" refId="ref25756" refString="WERDELIN, L. 1981. The evolution of lynxes. Annales Zoologi Fennici 18: 37 - 71." type="journal article" year="1981">Werdelin 1981</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF67FFB11B0B1A8A7FE245F4" blockId="3.[840,1524,577,1720]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">
In contrast, the genetic hypothesis states that the genus
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11DB91A8A7FAA42B4" box="[1473,1522,897,920]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Lynx</emphasis>
probably originated in North America around 6.7 million years ago (Mattern and McLennan 2000;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11CEE1ACA7F3D42F4" author="JOHNSON, W. E." box="[1174,1381,961,984]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="73 - 77" refId="ref19476" refString="JOHNSON, W. E., ET AL. 2006. The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment. Science 311: 73 - 77." type="journal article" year="2006">Johnson et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
). A common ancestor to five felid lineages (domestic cat [
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11D4A1AEA7F3B42D4" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[1330,1379,993,1016]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11D4A1AEA7F3B42D4" box="[1330,1379,993,1016]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Felis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
], leopard cat [
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11B281D0A799E4534" box="[848,966,1025,1048]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Otocolobus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11B281D0A799E4534" box="[848,966,1025,1048]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Otocolobus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11C781D0A7EDA4534" box="[1024,1154,1025,1048]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Prionailurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11C781D0A7EDA4534" box="[1024,1154,1025,1048]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Prionailurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
], lynx [
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11CA41D0A7F554534" box="[1244,1293,1025,1048]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Lynx</emphasis>
], ocelot [
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11D0F1D0A7FBB4534" box="[1399,1507,1025,1048]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Leopardus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11D0F1D0A7FBB4534" box="[1399,1507,1025,1048]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Leopardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
], and puma [
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11BBE1D2A7E7D4514" authorityName="Brookes" authorityYear="1828" box="[966,1061,1057,1080]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Acinonyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11BBE1D2A7E7D4514" box="[966,1061,1057,1080]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Acinonyx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11C191D2A7EC54514" authorityName="Jardine" authorityYear="1834" box="[1121,1181,1057,1080]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Puma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11C191D2A7EC54514" box="[1121,1181,1057,1080]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Puma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
]) migrated from Asia to North America across the Bering land bridge 8.58.0 million years ago (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11B281D6A7E774554" author="JANCZEWSKI, D. N. &amp; W. S. MODI &amp; J. C. STEPHENS &amp; S. J. O'BRIEN" box="[848,1071,1121,1144]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="690 - 707" refId="ref19420" refString="JANCZEWSKI, D. N., W. S. MODI, J. C. STEPHENS, AND S. J. O'BRIEN. 1995. Molecular evolution of mitochondrial 12 S RNA and cytochrome b sequences in the pantherine lineage of Felidae. Molecular Biology and Evolution 12: 690 - 707." type="journal article" year="1995">Janczewski et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11C431D6A7EA24554" author="JOHNSON, W. E." box="[1083,1274,1121,1144]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="73 - 77" refId="ref19476" refString="JOHNSON, W. E., ET AL. 2006. The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment. Science 311: 73 - 77." type="journal article" year="2006">Johnson et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
). This common ancestor gave rise to
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11BBE1D8A7E4E45B4" box="[966,1046,1153,1176]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Leopardus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11BBE1D8A7E4E45B4" box="[966,1046,1153,1176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">L. rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
3.24 million years ago and then differentiated into
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11B011DAA7E504594" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[889,1032,1185,1208]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11B011DAA7E504594" box="[889,1032,1185,1208]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the progenitors of
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11D7B1DAA7F134594" baseAuthorityName="Tumlison" baseAuthorityYear="1987" box="[1283,1355,1185,1208]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lynx">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11D7B1DAA7F134594" box="[1283,1355,1185,1208]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">L. lynx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the Iberian lynx
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11B031DCA79A845F4" box="[891,1008,1217,1240]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Leopardus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pardinus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11B031DCA79A845F4" box="[891,1008,1217,1240]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">L. pardinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1.61 million years ago (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11C9F1DCA7FF345F4" author="JOHNSON, W. E." box="[1255,1451,1217,1240]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="73 - 77" refId="ref19476" refString="JOHNSON, W. E., ET AL. 2006. The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment. Science 311: 73 - 77." type="journal article" year="2006">Johnson et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF67FFB11B0B1DEA7EA34794" blockId="3.[840,1524,577,1720]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11B0B1DEA7E7245D4" box="[883,1066,1249,1272]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">
Lynx
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11BCB1DEA7E7245D4" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[947,1066,1249,1272]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">canadensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
was present in refugia in Beringia and south of the ice edge (Kurtén and
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11C831C0A7FF14434" author="E. ANDERSON" box="[1275,1449,1281,1304]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" refId="ref20064" refString="KURTeN, B., AND E. ANDERSON. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America. Columbia University Press, New York." type="book" year="1980">Anderson 1980</bibRefCitation>
). The oldest fossil, found in the southern refugium, dates from the Sangamonian interglacial, 130,000115,000 years ago (Kurtén and
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11B0C1C6A7E404454" author="E. ANDERSON" box="[884,1048,1377,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" refId="ref20064" refString="KURTeN, B., AND E. ANDERSON. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America. Columbia University Press, New York." type="book" year="1980">Anderson 1980</bibRefCitation>
). Fossils of
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11CE51C6A7F694454" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[1181,1329,1377,1400]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11CE51C6A7EF44454" box="[1181,1196,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11CC21C6A7F694454" box="[1210,1329,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are reported from the late Pleistocene deposits at Bighill Creek Formation and near Medicine Hat,
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF67FFB11B911CAA7E614494" box="[1001,1081,1441,1464]" country="Canada" name="Alberta" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Alberta</collectingRegion>
(Wilson and Churcher 1984;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11D061CAA792544F4" author="HARRINGTON, C. R." pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="375 - 387" refId="ref19001" refString="HARRINGTON, C. R. 1990. Vertebrates of the last interglacial in Canada: a review with new data. Geographie Physique et Quaternaire 44: 375 - 387." type="journal article" year="1990">Harrington 1990</bibRefCitation>
), near American Falls,
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF67FFB11CF21CCA7E9F44F4" box="[1162,1223,1473,1496]" country="United States of America" name="Idaho" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Idaho</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11CA31CCA7F0744F4" author="PINSOF, J. D." box="[1243,1375,1473,1496]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="1 - 216" refId="ref22442" refString="PINSOF, J. D. 1998. The American Falls local fauna: late Pleistocene (Sangamonia) vertebrates from southeastern Idaho. Pp. 121 - 145 in Papers on the vertebrate paleontology of Idaho honoring John A. White (W. A. Akersten, H. G. McDonald, D. J. Meldran, and M. E. T. Flint, eds.). Idaho Museum of Natural History, Pocatello. Occasional Paper 36: 1 - 216." type="journal article" year="1998">Pinsof 1998</bibRefCitation>
), near Silver Creek,
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF67FFB11BEE1CEA799244D4" box="[918,970,1505,1528]" country="United States of America" name="Utah" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Utah</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11BA21CEA7E0144D4" author="MILLER, W. E." box="[986,1113,1505,1528]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="387 - 424" refId="ref21051" refString="MILLER, W. E. 1976. Late Pleistocene vertebrates of the Silver Creek local fauna from north central Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 36: 387 - 424." type="journal article" year="1976">Miller 1976</bibRefCitation>
), and from the Aftonian deposits near Delight,
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF67FFB11BD01F0A7E7F4734" box="[936,1063,1537,1560]" country="United States of America" name="Washington" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Washington</collectingRegion>
(Fry and Gustafson 1974).
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11D251F0A7FAB4734" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[1373,1523,1537,1560]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11D251F0A7F344734" box="[1373,1388,1537,1560]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11D041F0A7FAB4734" box="[1404,1523,1537,1560]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
started utilizing the snowshoe hare
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF67FFB11C981F2A7FF14714" authorityName="Erxleben" authorityYear="1777" box="[1248,1449,1569,1592]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="americanus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11C981F2A7FF14714" box="[1248,1449,1569,1592]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Lepus americanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as its main prey probably in the late Pleistocene or early Holocene (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11B291F6A7ED04754" author="BREITENMOSER, U. &amp; B. G. SLOUGH &amp; C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN" box="[849,1160,1633,1656]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="551 - 554" refId="ref17353" refString="BREITENMOSER, U., B. G. SLOUGH, AND C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN. 1993. Predators of cyclic prey: is the Canada lynx victim or profiteer of the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 66: 551 - 554." type="journal article" year="1993">Breitenmoser et al. 1993</bibRefCitation>
). It probably immigrated to Newfoundland early in the postglacial period (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11D311F8A7FB147B4" author="CAMERON, A. W." box="[1353,1513,1665,1688]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="175 - 176" refId="ref17618" refString="CAMERON, A. W. 1958. Mammals of the islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Bulletin of the National Museum of Canada 154: 175 - 176." type="journal article" year="1958">Cameron 1958</bibRefCitation>
) but was rare until 1896 (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF67FFB11C351FAA7EB34794" author="BERGERUD, A. T." box="[1101,1259,1697,1720]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139" pagination="242 - 258" refId="ref16922" refString="BERGERUD, A. T. 1967. The distribution and abundance of arctic hares in Newfoundland. Canadian Field-Naturalist 81: 242 - 258." type="journal article" year="1967">Bergerud 1967</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSection>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11B841FF77F66463A" bold="true" box="[1020,1342,1788,1814]" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">FORM AND FUNCTION</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF67FFB11B0B1E3479EF467B" bold="true" box="[883,951,1855,1879]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="139">Form.</emphasis>
—Dental formula of
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
is I 3/3, C 1/1, P 2/2, M 1/1 total of 28, and deciduous dentition formula is I 3/3, C 1/1, P 2/2, M 0/0 total of 24 (
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). The external morphology of the brain, especially the position and shape of the sulci, is different from other species of felids (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB6180E1DCF7B4445F7" author="RADINSKY, L." box="[118,284,1220,1243]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="214 - 254" refId="ref23170" refString="RADINSKY, L. 1975. Evolution of the felid brain. Brain Behavior Evolution 11: 214 - 254." type="journal article" year="1975">Radinsky 1975</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB6194E1DCE7B1D45F0" box="[310,325,1221,1244]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB6192D1DCE7B9645F0" box="[341,462,1221,1244]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
seems to have a rounder and larger brain than most felids and the mean endocast volume of the brain of four specimens is
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(
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB618151D2A7A9C451A" bold="true" box="[109,196,1057,1078]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">Fig. 3.—</emphasis>
Geographic distribution of
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB619BE1D29783B451B" box="[454,611,1058,1079]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">
Lynx
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</emphasis>
in North America. Subspecies are: 1,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61BB51D297E3E451B" box="[973,1126,1058,1079]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">
L. c.
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</emphasis>
; 2,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61CF31D297F77451B" box="[1163,1327,1058,1079]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">L. c. mollipilosus</emphasis>
; 3,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61D2B1D297FB4451B" box="[1363,1516,1058,1079]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">L. c. subsolanus</emphasis>
. Map drawn with information from Slough and Mowat (1996),
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, Anderson and Lovallo (2003),
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,
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.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF60FFB618E01C2F7BD84757" blockId="4.[109,793,1156,1915]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">
The temporal ridges on the parietal bones have a lyre shape with a width of 72% and 69% of the braincase for males and females, respectively (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB6190A1C6F78424457" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[370,538,1380,1403]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="36 - 47" refId="ref23718" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1964. Physical characteristics of the Newfoundland lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 45: 36 - 47." type="journal article" year="1964">Saunders 1964</bibRefCitation>
). In adults, the temporal ridges join together to form the sagittal crest (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB61ACD1C8F7AFB4497" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="36 - 47" refId="ref23718" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1964. Physical characteristics of the Newfoundland lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 45: 36 - 47." type="journal article" year="1964">Saunders 1964</bibRefCitation>
). The sagittal crest and the lambdoidal ridge increase in dimension with age and size, the ossification of the humerus is completed by the end of the second year, and the skeletal growth of males around the 34th month (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB61A4D1F0F788E4737" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[565,726,1540,1563]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="36 - 47" refId="ref23718" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1964. Physical characteristics of the Newfoundland lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 45: 36 - 47." type="journal article" year="1964">Saunders 1964</bibRefCitation>
). The auditory bulla is broader in the anterior portion of the inner chamber and narrower in its posterior portion compared to that of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB618F31F6E7A8C4750" box="[139,212,1637,1660]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">L. lynx</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB6189C1F6F7B284757" author="POCOCK, R. I." box="[228,368,1636,1659]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="326 - 334" refId="ref22532" refString="POCOCK, R. I. 1916. The structure of the auditory bulla in existing species of Felidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8 18: 326 - 334." type="journal article" year="1916">Pocock 1916</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB618E01F8E7B1147B0" box="[152,329,1669,1692]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">
Lynx
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</emphasis>
is digitigrade with sharp, retractile claws. Front and hind feet have four functional toes. The plantar pad of the front foot is short compared to its width and the claw sheaths are well developed. Toes are united by a deep web (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB61A0E1FEF795147D7" author="POCOCK, R. I." box="[630,777,1764,1787]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="113 - 136" refId="ref22597" refString="POCOCK, R. I. 1917 b. On the external characters of the Felidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8 19: 113 - 136." type="journal article" year="1917">Pocock 1917b</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF60FFB618E01E0F784F4657" blockId="4.[109,793,1156,1915]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">
Female
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB618951E0E7BD94630" box="[237,385,1797,1820]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have four mammae (two inguinal and two abdominal) and males have a small baculum. Bregmatic bones occur rarely (1/472 and 0/617 museum specimens examined—Pratt 1942;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB619141E6F785F4657" author="MANVILLE, R. H." box="[364,519,1892,1915]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="1254" refId="ref20406" refString="MANVILLE, R. H. 1959. Bregmatic bones in North American lynx. Science 130: 1254." type="journal article" year="1959">Manville 1959</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF60FFB61B0B1D8F7EC84497" blockId="4.[840,1523,1156,1915]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61B0B1D8F79BC45B0" bold="true" box="[883,996,1156,1180]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">Function.</emphasis>
—Basal metabolism in
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61C921D8E7FFA45B0" box="[1258,1442,1157,1180]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">
Lynx
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF60FFB61D5D1D8E7FFA45B0" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[1317,1442,1157,1180]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">canadensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
is similar in winter and summer (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB61C051DAF7F674597" author="CASEY, T. M. &amp; P. C. WITHERS &amp; K. K. CASEY" box="[1149,1343,1188,1211]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="331 - 341" refId="ref17838" refString="CASEY, T. M., P. C. WITHERS, AND K. K. CASEY. 1979. Metabolic and respiratory responses of Arctic mammals to ambient temperature during the summer. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 64: 331 - 341." type="journal article" year="1979">Casey et al. 1979</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF60FFB61D201DAE7FAB4590" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[1368,1523,1188,1212]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61D201DAE7F3F4590" box="[1368,1383,1189,1212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61D0E1DAE7FAB4590" box="[1398,1523,1189,1212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
maintains its body temperature at 38.8°C and increases its respiratory frequency in response to increasing temperature ranging from 20 respirations per minute at 20°C to 30 respirations per minute at 20°C (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB61D6D1C2F7FBA4417" author="CASEY, T. M. &amp; P. C. WITHERS &amp; K. K. CASEY" box="[1301,1506,1316,1339]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="331 - 341" refId="ref17838" refString="CASEY, T. M., P. C. WITHERS, AND K. K. CASEY. 1979. Metabolic and respiratory responses of Arctic mammals to ambient temperature during the summer. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 64: 331 - 341." type="journal article" year="1979">Casey et al. 1979</bibRefCitation>
). Males have higher concentrations of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites at the onset of the breeding season, whereas the increase occurs toward the end of the breeding season for females (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB61BC81CAF7E274497" author="FANSON, K. V. &amp; N. C. WIELEBNOWSKI &amp; T. M. SHENK &amp; J. R. LUCAS" box="[944,1151,1444,1467]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="157 - 165" refId="ref18349" refString="FANSON, K. V., N. C. WIELEBNOWSKI, T. M. SHENK, AND J. R. LUCAS. 2012. Comparative patterns of adrenal activity in captive and wild Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 182: 157 - 165." type="journal article" year="2012">Fanson et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF60FFB61B0B1CCF79944657" blockId="4.[840,1523,1156,1915]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">
The webbing uniting the toes helps
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61C851CCE7FCC44F0" box="[1277,1428,1477,1500]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
walk on snow (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB61BEB1CEF7E6A44D7" author="POCOCK, R. I." box="[915,1074,1508,1531]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="113 - 136" refId="ref22597" refString="POCOCK, R. I. 1917 b. On the external characters of the Felidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8 19: 113 - 136." type="journal article" year="1917">Pocock 1917b</bibRefCitation>
). Males and females have similar mean foot-loads (ratio of body mass to foot area) but yearlings have a lower foot-load than adults (Murray and Boutin 1991). The large paws, long limbs, and low foot-load of
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF60FFB61D2F1F4E7FAB4770" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[1367,1523,1605,1628]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61D2F1F4E7FAB4770" box="[1367,1523,1605,1628]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
likely provide an advantage for travel in deep snow compared to other predators which have smaller limbs and paws (Koehler and Brittell 1990; Murray and Boutin 1991;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB61DE41FAF799A47F7" author="BUSKIRK, S. W. &amp; L. F. RUGGIERO &amp; C. J. KREBS" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" refId="ref17522" refString="BUSKIRK, S. W., L. F. RUGGIERO, AND C. J. KREBS. 2000. Habitat fragmentation and interspecific competition: implications for lynx conservation. Pp. 83 - 100 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Buskirk et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF60FFB61BA41FCE7E2E47F0" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[988,1142,1732,1756]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61BA41FCE79B347F0" box="[988,1003,1733,1756]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61B841FCE7E2E47F0" box="[1020,1142,1733,1756]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has both long legs and low footloading (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB61BD51FEF7EDE47D7" author="BUSKIRK, S. W. &amp; L. F. RUGGIERO &amp; C. J. KREBS" box="[941,1158,1764,1787]" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" refId="ref17522" refString="BUSKIRK, S. W., L. F. RUGGIERO, AND C. J. KREBS. 2000. Habitat fragmentation and interspecific competition: implications for lynx conservation. Pp. 83 - 100 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Buskirk et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
). Snow hardness affects sinking depth of lynx but not snow depth and
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF60FFB61C8D1E0E7FD54630" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[1269,1421,1797,1820]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61C8D1E0E7FD54630" box="[1269,1421,1797,1820]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sinks on average
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in snow (Murray and Boutin 1991). One male
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF60FFB61B301E4E79BB4670" box="[840,995,1861,1884]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="140">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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penetrated from
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in snow (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF60FFB61DD11E4F79E44657" author="POSZIG, D. &amp; C. D. APPS &amp; A. DIBB" pageId="4" pageNumber="140" pagination="191 - 194" refId="ref22875" refString="POSZIG, D., C. D. APPS, AND A. DIBB. 2004. Predation on two mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, by a Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis, in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains. Canadian Field-Naturalist 118: 191 - 194." type="journal article" year="2004">Poszig et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF61FFB718E019C07B66432E" blockId="5.[109,793,203,642]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">
Yearlings have lower body fat than adults (Brand and Keith 1979;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB718CC19E07B21402E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[180,377,235,258]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
). Females have less subcutaneous fat than males and yearlings have less renal fat than adults because of the higher energy requirement during growth (Brand and Keith 1979). Renal and subcutaneous fat seem to be affected only by snowshoe hare abundance during late winter (Brand and Keith 1979). Fat reserves generally decline from November to January and increase from January to February (
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). Blood parameters of
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are available (Weaver and Johnson 1995).
</paragraph>
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Evidences from captive
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB719E21B007875430E" box="[410,557,523,546]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
showed that olfaction might be poorly developed but auditory and visual senses are good (
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).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB719051B407BD4434E" box="[381,396,587,610]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB719E41B40784B434E" box="[412,531,587,610]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a solid mandibular symphysis allowing it to cut flesh proficiently (
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).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB718B71BB678EE43FB" bold="true" box="[207,694,701,727]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">ONTOGENY AND REPRODUCTION</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB718E01A0B7B524234" bold="true" box="[152,266,768,792]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Ontogeny.</emphasis>
—Kittens of
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
are born reddishbrown with stripes and spots (
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;
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); newborns have eyes closed, no teeth, poorly developed ear tufts, ears folded forward, but pelage well developed with guard hairs and underhairs (
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). The pelage of newborn kittens has longitudinal streaks more apparent on the back than the flanks, with dark horizontal bars on the front legs (
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;
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). Eyes open after 10 days (
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). Mass of three newborns was
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(
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and Mowat 1996),
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, and
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(
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). Kittens gain
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during the first 300 days of life and may double their weight within 300 days (
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). Lengths of two neonates were 163 and
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(
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).
</paragraph>
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
often gives birth and rears young in different dens (
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1999
</bibRefCitation>
;
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). Female
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71AFC1DCA794145F4" box="[644,793,1217,1240]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
use dens from birth until the kittens are foraging at about 68 weeks old (
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1999
</bibRefCitation>
) and decrease their movements while denning (
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). Kittens usually stay close to their dens the first 7 days after parturition and start gradually following their mother further away until they reach their mothers predenning movements around 50 days after parturition (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71AA21C8A7ABE4494" author="MOEN, R. &amp; C. L. BURDETT &amp; G. J. NIEMI" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="1507 - 1513" refId="ref21126" refString="MOEN, R., C. L. BURDETT, AND G. J. NIEMI. 2008. Movement and habitat use of Canada lynx during denning in Minnesota. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 1507 - 1513." type="journal article" year="2008">Moen et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
). They can hunt by themselves by the spring following their birth (
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).
</paragraph>
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
reaches adult size during its second year (
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;
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). The environment during the growing period is important for adult body size (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71A011F2A7AFA4774" author="YOM-TOV, Y. &amp; S. YOM-TOV &amp; D. MACDONALD &amp; E. YOM-TOV" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="239 - 244" refId="ref26135" refString="YOM-TOV, Y., S. YOM-TOV, D. MACDONALD, AND E. YOM-TOV. 2007. Population cycles and changes in body size of the lynx in Alaska. Oecologia 152: 239 - 244." type="journal article" year="2007">Yom-Tov et al. 2007</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB718C01F4A7A9F4774" box="[184,199,1601,1624]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB718AC1F4A7B134774" box="[212,331,1601,1624]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">canadensis</emphasis>
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reaches sexual maturity sooner during high snowshoe hare densities (
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;
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). Female
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</taxonomicName>
can conceive during their first year at about 910 months of age but usually do not give birth before their second breeding season (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71A361FCA794847F4" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[590,784,1729,1752]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB718151FEA7B2A47D4" author="BREITENMOSER, U. &amp; B. G. SLOUGH &amp; C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN" box="[109,370,1761,1784]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="551 - 554" refId="ref17353" refString="BREITENMOSER, U., B. G. SLOUGH, AND C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN. 1993. Predators of cyclic prey: is the Canada lynx victim or profiteer of the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 66: 551 - 554." type="journal article" year="1993">Breitenmoser et al. 1993</bibRefCitation>
;
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). Male
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</taxonomicName>
generally do not breed before their second year and gametogenesis is reduced during summer and autumn (Anderson and Lovallo 2003).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB718E01E6B7B6F4654" bold="true" box="[152,311,1888,1912]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Reproduction.</emphasis>
—Lynx
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is capable of ovulating spontaneously but female ovarian activity increases between February and April (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71C4A19C07F5B41CE" author="FANSON, K. V. &amp; N. C. WIELEBNOWSKI &amp; T. M. SHENK &amp; J. H. VASHON &amp; J. R. SQUIRES &amp; J. R. LUCAS" box="[1074,1283,203,226]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="217 - 224" refId="ref18404" refString="FANSON, K. V., N. C. WIELEBNOWSKI, T. M. SHENK, J. H. VASHON, J. R. SQUIRES, AND J. R. LUCAS. 2010. Patterns of ovarian and luteal activities in captive and wild Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). General and Comparative Endocrinology 169: 217 - 224." type="journal article" year="2010">Fanson et al. 2010</bibRefCitation>
). Breeding occurs in March and April (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71C6F19E07EE3402E" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[1047,1211,235,258]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="36 - 47" refId="ref23718" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1964. Physical characteristics of the Newfoundland lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 45: 36 - 47." type="journal article" year="1964">Saunders 1964</bibRefCitation>
;
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1994
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) but may take place as late as May in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF61FFB71C3118007EC3400E" box="[1097,1179,267,290]" country="Canada" name="Alberta" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Alberta</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71CD318007F3F400E" author="NELLIS, C. H. &amp; S. P. WETMORE &amp; L. B. KEITH" box="[1195,1383,267,290]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="320 - 329" refId="ref21863" refString="NELLIS, C. H., S. P. WETMORE, AND L. B. KEITH. 1972. Lynx-prey interactions in central Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 36: 320 - 329." type="journal article" year="1972">Nellis et al. 1972</bibRefCitation>
). Pair bonds are short, and males do not provide parental care.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF61FFB71B0B18407E83424E" blockId="5.[840,1523,203,1122]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">
Pregnancy rate ranges from 30% to 100% (Brand and Keith 1979; Quinn and Thompson 1987;
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and Mowat 1996;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71B3018807E46408E" author="VASHON, J. &amp; S. MCLELLAN &amp; S. CROWLEY &amp; A. MEEHAN &amp; K. LAUSTSEN" box="[840,1054,395,418]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" refId="ref25501" refString="VASHON, J., S. MCLELLAN, S. CROWLEY, A. MEEHAN, AND K. LAUSTSEN. 2012. Canada lynx assessment. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Research and Assessment Section, Bangor, Maine. 107 pp." type="book" year="2012">Vashon et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
). Productivity of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71C9B18807F22408E" box="[1251,1402,395,418]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is directly linked to snowshoe hare numbers (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71CCF18A07F3240EE" author="NELLIS, C. H. &amp; S. P. WETMORE &amp; L. B. KEITH" box="[1207,1386,427,450]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="320 - 329" refId="ref21863" refString="NELLIS, C. H., S. P. WETMORE, AND L. B. KEITH. 1972. Lynx-prey interactions in central Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 36: 320 - 329." type="journal article" year="1972">Nellis et al. 1972</bibRefCitation>
), with larger litters observed in years of higher snowshoe hare density (Brand and Keith 1979;
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF61FFB71B8018E07E1C432E" box="[1016,1092,491,514]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Slough</collectingRegion>
and Mowat 1996). At all densities, adult females produce higher litter size and have higher pregnancy rates than do yearlings (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71C321B207F5E436E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[1098,1286,555,578]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71D6D1B207FBB436E" author="MOWAT, G. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; B. G. SLOUGH" box="[1301,1507,555,578]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="430 - 440" refId="ref21355" refString="MOWAT, G., S. BOUTIN, AND B. G. SLOUGH. 1996 a. Using placental scar counts to estimate litter size and pregnancy rate in lynx. Journal of Wildlife Management 60: 430 - 440." type="journal article" year="1996">Mowat et al. 1996a</bibRefCitation>
). Females can have one litter per year but during low snowshoe hare densities, interbirth intervals may be 2 years (Anderson and Lovallo 2003). In the
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, adult females reproduced each year except the second and third years following snowshoe hare decline. In contrast, yearling females reproduced only during years of high snowshoe hare density (
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and Mowat 1996). Similarly, in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF61FFB71BA81A007E7B420E" box="[976,1059,779,802]" country="Canada" name="Alberta" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Alberta</collectingRegion>
, 73% of adult females gave birth in years of high snowshoe hare abundance compared to 33% in snowshoe hare scarcity (Brand and Keith 1979).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF61FFB71B0B1A607E4F454E" blockId="5.[840,1523,203,1122]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">
Gestation lasts 6170 days (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71CCB1A607F6A42AE" author="DENIS, A." box="[1203,1330,875,898]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" refId="ref17979" refString="DENIS, A. 1964. The lynx. Pp. 88 - 89 in Cats of the world (B. Campbell, ed.). Constable, London, England." type="book" year="1964">Denis 1964</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71D3D1A607FBB42AE" author="HEMMER, H." box="[1349,1507,875,898]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="143 - 165" refId="ref19033" refString="HEMMER, H. 1976. Gestation period and postnatal development in felids. The World's Cats 3: 143 - 165." type="journal article" year="1976">Hemmer 1976</bibRefCitation>
). Young are born in late May to early June (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71C861A807FC2428E" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[1278,1434,907,930]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="36 - 47" refId="ref23718" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1964. Physical characteristics of the Newfoundland lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 45: 36 - 47." type="journal article" year="1964">Saunders 1964</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71DDF1A80792542EE" author="SLOUGH, B. G." pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="605 - 608" refId="ref24188" refString="SLOUGH, B. G. 1999. Characteristics of Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis, maternal dens and denning habitat. Canadian-Field Naturalist 113: 605 - 608." type="journal article" year="1999">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF61FFB71DDF1A807FAB428E" box="[1447,1523,907,930]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Slough</collectingRegion>
1999
</bibRefCitation>
) but
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71BCC1AA07E1E42EE" box="[948,1094,939,962]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can give birth 6 weeks later than normal during years when snowshoe hare abundance is elevated (Mowat and
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF61FFB71B001AE0799C452E" box="[888,964,1003,1026]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Slough</collectingRegion>
1998). Litter size ranges from 1 to 8 (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71D0B1AE07925450E" author="NELLIS, C. H. &amp; S. P. WETMORE &amp; L. B. KEITH" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="320 - 329" refId="ref21863" refString="NELLIS, C. H., S. P. WETMORE, AND L. B. KEITH. 1972. Lynx-prey interactions in central Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 36: 320 - 329." type="journal article" year="1972">Nellis et al. 1972</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71BF51D007E12450E" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" box="[909,1098,1035,1058]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
; Mowat and
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1998;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71D0E1D007925456E" author="MOEN, R. &amp; C. L. BURDETT &amp; G. J. NIEMI" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="1507 - 1513" refId="ref21126" refString="MOEN, R., C. L. BURDETT, AND G. J. NIEMI. 2008. Movement and habitat use of Canada lynx during denning in Minnesota. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 1507 - 1513." type="journal article" year="2008">Moen et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
). Corpora lutea persist for more than one breeding season (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71B291D407E5F454E" author="NELLIS, C. H. &amp; S. P. WETMORE &amp; L. B. KEITH" box="[849,1031,1099,1122]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="320 - 329" refId="ref21863" refString="NELLIS, C. H., S. P. WETMORE, AND L. B. KEITH. 1972. Lynx-prey interactions in central Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 36: 320 - 329." type="journal article" year="1972">Nellis et al. 1972</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71B0B1DEB7F2C45D4" box="[883,1396,1248,1272]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71B0B1DEB7EFA45D4" bold="true" box="[883,1186,1248,1272]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Population characteristics.</emphasis>
—Lynx
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</emphasis>
is a snowshoe hare specialist, and its ecology, morphology, and behavior reflect closely that of its main prey (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71CAF1C2A7FB44414" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[1239,1516,1313,1336]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="169 - 183" refId="ref21982" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 a. Behavioural responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 82: 169 - 183." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998a</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71B301C4A79D44474" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; G. ZULETA &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[840,908,1345,1368]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="1193 - 1208" refId="ref22032" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, G. ZULETA, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 b. Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Ecology 79: 1193 - 1208." type="journal article" year="1998">1998b</bibRefCitation>
). Mortality is higher during winter (
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<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF61FFB71D4F1C4A7F2D4474" box="[1335,1397,1345,1368]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Poole</collectingRegion>
1994
</bibRefCitation>
), especially the first winter of low snowshoe hare density (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71DCD1C6A792644B4" author="POOLE, K. G." pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="608 - 618" refId="ref22629" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1994. Characteristics of an unharvested lynx population during a snowshoe hare decline. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 608 - 618." type="journal article" year="1994">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF61FFB71DCD1C6A7FAB4454" box="[1461,1523,1377,1400]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Poole</collectingRegion>
1994
</bibRefCitation>
;
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF61FFB71BF41C8A798144B4" box="[908,985,1409,1432]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Slough</collectingRegion>
and Mowat 1996) and death from starvation often coincided with temperatures below 35°C (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71D591CAA7FC44494" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[1313,1436,1441,1464]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="608 - 618" refId="ref22629" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1994. Characteristics of an unharvested lynx population during a snowshoe hare decline. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 608 - 618." type="journal article" year="1994">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF61FFB71D591CAA7F074494" box="[1313,1375,1441,1464]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Poole</collectingRegion>
1994
</bibRefCitation>
) during this period of decreased snowshoe hare density. It can survive through two 10-year density cycle peaks (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71D671CEA79264734" author="BREITENMOSER, U. &amp; B. G. SLOUGH &amp; C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="551 - 554" refId="ref17353" refString="BREITENMOSER, U., B. G. SLOUGH, AND C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN. 1993. Predators of cyclic prey: is the Canada lynx victim or profiteer of the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 66: 551 - 554." type="journal article" year="1993">Breitenmoser et al. 1993</bibRefCitation>
). In some areas
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF61FFB71C4E1F0A7E954734" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[1078,1229,1537,1560]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71C4E1F0A7E954734" box="[1078,1229,1537,1560]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cycles may be affected by disease (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71BDE1F2A7E704714" author="GILPIN, M. E." box="[934,1064,1569,1592]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="727 - 730" refId="ref18797" refString="GILPIN, M. E. 1973. Do hares eat lynx? American Naturalist 107: 727 - 730." type="journal article" year="1973">Gilpin 1973</bibRefCitation>
; but see
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71CFF1F2A7F4A4714" author="FINERTY, J. P." box="[1159,1298,1569,1592]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="453 - 455" refId="ref18471" refString="FINERTY, J. P. 1979. Cycles in Canada lynx. American Naturalist 114: 453 - 455." type="journal article" year="1979">Finerty 1979</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71D3D1F2A7FBA4714" author="VIK, J. O. &amp; C. N. BRINCH &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; N. C. STENSETH" box="[1349,1506,1569,1592]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="267 - 274" refId="ref25549" refString="VIK, J. O., C. N. BRINCH, S. BOUTIN, AND N. C. STENSETH. 2008. Interlinking hare and lynx dynamics using a century's worth of annual data. Population Ecology 50: 267 - 274." type="journal article" year="2008">Vik et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
), or intrinsic self-regulation factors (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71CBF1F4A7FD14774" author="ZHIBIN, Z. &amp; Y. TAO &amp; L. ZHENQING" box="[1223,1417,1601,1624]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="83 - 89" refId="ref26231" refString="ZHIBIN, Z., Y. TAO, AND L. ZHENQING. 2007. Factors affecting hare-lynx dynamics in the classic time series of the Hudson Bay Company, Canada. Climate Research 34: 83 - 89." type="journal article" year="2007">Zhibin et al. 2007</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71B0B1F6A7E7B4754" box="[883,1059,1633,1656]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">
Lynx
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</emphasis>
can be killed by coyote (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71D561F6A792547B4" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; E. HOFER &amp; F. I. DOYLE" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="6 - 9" refId="ref22086" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., E. HOFER, AND F. I. DOYLE. 1995. Predator versus predator. Natural History 104: 6 - 9." type="journal article" year="1995">ODonoghue et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
), wolverine
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71C721F8A7E2047B4" box="[1034,1144,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Gulo gulo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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;
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and Mowat 1996), wolf
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71C361FAA7E964794" box="[1102,1230,1697,1720]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Canis lupus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71CA61FAA7FBB4794" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; E. HOFER &amp; F. I. DOYLE" box="[1246,1507,1697,1720]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="6 - 9" refId="ref22086" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., E. HOFER, AND F. I. DOYLE. 1995. Predator versus predator. Natural History 104: 6 - 9." type="journal article" year="1995">ODonoghue et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, mountain lion
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF61FFB71B901FCA7F2247F4" authority="(Koehler et al. 1979)" baseAuthorityName="Koehler" baseAuthorityYear="1979" box="[1000,1402,1729,1752]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Puma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="concolor">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71B901FCA7ED547F4" box="[1000,1165,1729,1752]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Puma concolor</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71CE71FCA7F2847F4" author="KOEHLER, G. M. &amp; M. G. HORNOCKER &amp; H. S. HASH" box="[1183,1392,1729,1752]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="441 - 442" refId="ref19774" refString="KOEHLER, G. M., M. G. HORNOCKER, AND H. S. HASH. 1979. Lynx movements and habitat use in Montana. Canadian Field-Naturalist 93: 441 - 442." type="journal article" year="1979">Koehler et al. 1979</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, and fisher
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71B301FEA7E5B47D4" box="[840,1027,1761,1784]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">Pekania pennanti</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71C6B1FEA7EBD47D4" author="VASHON, J. &amp; S. MCLELLAN &amp; S. CROWLEY &amp; A. MEEHAN &amp; K. LAUSTSEN" box="[1043,1253,1761,1784]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" refId="ref25501" refString="VASHON, J., S. MCLELLAN, S. CROWLEY, A. MEEHAN, AND K. LAUSTSEN. 2012. Canada lynx assessment. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Research and Assessment Section, Bangor, Maine. 107 pp." type="book" year="2012">Vashon et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Collision with vehicles can also be a significant cause of mortality (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71D5B1E0A7FC64634" author="KLOOR, K." box="[1315,1438,1793,1816]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="320 - 321" refId="ref19685" refString="KLOOR, K. 1999. Lynx and biologists try to recover after disastrous start. Science 285: 320 - 321." type="journal article" year="1999">Kloor 1999</bibRefCitation>
; Steury and Murray 2004) and is an important factor in reintroduction failure (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71BE41E4A7E0B4674" author="AUBRY, K. B. &amp; G. M. KOEHLER &amp; J. R. SQUIRES" box="[924,1107,1857,1880]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" refId="ref16632" refString="AUBRY, K. B., G. M. KOEHLER, AND, J. R. SQUIRES. 2000. Ecology of Canada lynx in southern boreal forests. Pp. 373 - 396 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Aubry et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF61FFB71C111E4A7EA34674" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[1129,1275,1857,1880]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71C111E4A7E204674" box="[1129,1144,1857,1880]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71CFC1E4A7EA34674" box="[1156,1275,1857,1880]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may also die from cannibalism (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71BC01E6A7E6A4654" author="ELSEY, C. A." box="[952,1074,1889,1912]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="129" refId="ref18222" refString="ELSEY, C. A. 1954. A case of cannibalism in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Journal of Mammalogy 35: 129." type="journal article" year="1954">Elsey 1954</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71C3D1E6A7F0B4654" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; E. HOFER &amp; F. I. DOYLE" box="[1093,1363,1889,1912]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="6 - 9" refId="ref22086" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., E. HOFER, AND F. I. DOYLE. 1995. Predator versus predator. Natural History 104: 6 - 9." type="journal article" year="1995">ODonoghue et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF61FFB71D1E1E6A7FBB4654" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[1382,1507,1889,1912]" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" pagination="497 - 505" refId="ref22684" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1997. Dispersal patterns of lynx in the Northwest Territories. Journal of Wildlife Management 61: 497 - 505." type="journal article" year="1997">
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1997
</bibRefCitation>
). The oldest
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF61FFB71BBB1E8A7E0046B4" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[963,1112,1921,1944]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="5" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF61FFB71BBB1E8A7E0046B4" box="[963,1112,1921,1944]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="141">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in captivity died at 26.9 years of age (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB4180E19C07ABC41CE" author="RICH, M. S." box="[118,228,203,226]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="365" refId="ref23360" refString="RICH, M. S. 1983. The longevity record for Lynx canadensis Kerr, 1792. Zoologische Garten 53: 365." type="journal article" year="1983">Rich 1983</bibRefCitation>
) and it can live up to 16 years in the wild (Kolbe and Squires 2006).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF62FFB418E018007BB7426E" blockId="6.[109,793,203,1954]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB418E018007B16400E" box="[152,334,267,290]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">
Lynx
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF62FFB418AF18007B16400E" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[215,334,267,290]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">canadensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
is highly susceptible to trapping (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41AA318007AFA406E" author="MECH, L. D." pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="261 - 267" refId="ref20884" refString="MECH, L. D. 1980. Age, sex, reproduction, and spatial organization of lynxes colonizing northeastern Minnesota. Journal of Mammalogy 61: 261 - 267." type="journal article" year="1980">Mech 1980</bibRefCitation>
; Carbyn and Patriquin 1983;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB4198E18207898406E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[502,704,299,322]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41AAB18207AB2404E" author="BAILEY, T. N. &amp; E. E. BANGS &amp; M. R. PORTNER &amp; J. C. MALLOY &amp; R. J. MCAVINCHEY" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="279 - 290" refId="ref16701" refString="BAILEY, T. N., E. E. BANGS, M. R. PORTNER, J. C. MALLOY, AND R. J. MCAVINCHEY. 1986. An apparent overexploited lynx population on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 50: 279 - 290." type="journal article" year="1986">Bailey et al. 1986</bibRefCitation>
; Quinn and Thompson 1987), particularly males (Quinn and Thompson 1987). Furthermore,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB41A35186078BA40AE" box="[589,738,363,386]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be more vulnerable to trapping during periods when snowshoe hare density is low (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB4192618A0787F40EE" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" box="[350,551,427,450]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
). Trapping mortality, where trapping is legal, seems density dependent (Brand and Keith 1979) and is thought to be additive rather than compensatory (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB418B81B007BDA430E" author="BAILEY, T. N. &amp; E. E. BANGS &amp; M. R. PORTNER &amp; J. C. MALLOY &amp; R. J. MCAVINCHEY" box="[192,386,523,546]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="279 - 290" refId="ref16701" refString="BAILEY, T. N., E. E. BANGS, M. R. PORTNER, J. C. MALLOY, AND R. J. MCAVINCHEY. 1986. An apparent overexploited lynx population on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 50: 279 - 290." type="journal article" year="1986">Bailey et al. 1986</bibRefCitation>
; Quinn and Thompson 1987;
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and Mowat 1996), especially during high and declining snowshoe hare densities (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB419321B407B9C434E" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[330,452,587,610]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="608 - 618" refId="ref22629" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1994. Characteristics of an unharvested lynx population during a snowshoe hare decline. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 608 - 618." type="journal article" year="1994">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF62FFB419321B407BDF434E" box="[330,391,587,610]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">Poole</collectingRegion>
1994
</bibRefCitation>
). However, during the first two winters of low snowshoe hare density, trapping may be partly compensatory (Ward and Krebs 1985;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41A761B8078DF438E" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[526,647,651,674]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="608 - 618" refId="ref22629" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1994. Characteristics of an unharvested lynx population during a snowshoe hare decline. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 608 - 618." type="journal article" year="1994">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF62FFB41A761B807813438E" box="[526,587,651,674]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">Poole</collectingRegion>
1994
</bibRefCitation>
).
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF62FFB41AE61B8078B2438E" box="[670,746,651,674]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">Slough</collectingRegion>
and Mowat (1996) proposed that local extinctions of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB41AFB1BA0794043EE" box="[643,792,683,706]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
populations may be prevented by establishing a system of untrapped versus trapped areas. These untrapped areas would allow
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF62FFB418CA1A007B11420E" baseAuthorityName="Pecon-Slattery and O'Brien" baseAuthorityYear="1998" box="[178,329,779,802]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB418CA1A007B11420E" box="[178,329,779,802]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
populations to respond more naturally to decreasing snowshoe hare densities.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB418E01A407B11424E" box="[152,329,843,866]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">
Lynx
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</emphasis>
populations undergo density cycles (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41AA01A407A8342AE" author="KREBS, C. J." pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="1112 - 1115" refId="ref20034" refString="KREBS, C. J., ET AL. 1995. Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle. Science 269: 1112 - 1115." type="journal article" year="1995">Krebs et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
). Cycles have been detected in more than 200 years of fur sales from the Hudsons Bay Company (Elton and Nicholson 1942). It follows a periodicity between 9 and 11 years (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41AAF1AA07A8442CE" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB418921AC07BC642CE" author="KREBS, C. J." box="[234,414,971,994]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="1112 - 1115" refId="ref20034" refString="KREBS, C. J., ET AL. 1995. Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle. Science 269: 1112 - 1115." type="journal article" year="1995">Krebs et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
; Korpimäki and Krebs 1996;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41AA21AC07AB9452E" author="RANTA, E. &amp; V. KAITALA &amp; J. LINDSTROM" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="454 - 460" refId="ref23221" refString="RANTA, E., V. KAITALA, AND J. LINDSTROM. 1997. Dynamics of Canadian lynx populations in space and time. Ecography 20: 454 - 460." type="journal article" year="1997">Ranta et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
) with an average of 9.6 years (Elton and Nicholson 1942). The interval between two lynx cycles is more constant than the amplitude of each cycle (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB419A41D207835456E" author="MORAN &amp; P. A" box="[476,621,1067,1090]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="163 - 173" refId="ref21251" refString="MORAN P. A. P. 1953 a. The statistical analysis of the Canadian lynx cycle. I. Structure and prediction. Australian Journal of Zoology 1: 163 - 173." type="journal article" year="1953">Moran 1953a</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41A031D207950456E" author="BULMER, M. G." box="[635,776,1067,1090]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="701 - 718" refId="ref17396" refString="BULMER, M. G. 1974. A statistical analysis of the 10 - year cycle in Canada. Journal of Animal Ecology 43: 701 - 718." type="journal article" year="1974">Bulmer 1974</bibRefCitation>
). Across
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, the cycle in density is not geographically synchronous but can be separated into three regions: the Atlantic, the Continental, and the Pacific (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB419A21D8078E7458E" author="STENSETH, N. C." box="[474,703,1163,1186]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="6056 - 6061" refId="ref24641" refString="STENSETH, N. C., ET AL. 2004 a. The effect of climatic forcing on population synchrony and genetic structuring of the Canada lynx. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101: 6056 - 6061." type="journal article" year="2004">Stenseth et al. 2004a</bibRefCitation>
). These regions match the three climatic-based geographic regions (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB4180E1DC07B1645CE" author="STENSETH, N. C." box="[118,334,1227,1250]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="1071 - 1073" refId="ref24610" refString="STENSETH, N. C., ET AL. 1999. Common dynamic structure of Canada lynx populations within three climatic regions. Science 285: 1071 - 1073." type="journal article" year="1999">Stenseth et al. 1999</bibRefCitation>
) and the border between the Atlantic and the Continental region is correlated with the geographic pattern of warm spells (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB4195F1C00784A440E" author="STENSETH, N. C." box="[295,530,1291,1314]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="10632 - 10634" refId="ref24689" refString="STENSETH, N. C., ET AL. 2004 b. Snow conditions may create an invisible barrier for lynx. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101: 10632 - 10634." type="journal article" year="2004">Stenseth et al. 2004b</bibRefCitation>
). The cycle reaches its peak first in the central provinces (
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and
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF62FFB41ADA1C207955446E" box="[674,781,1323,1346]" country="Canada" name="Manitoba" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">Manitoba</collectingRegion>
), then 1 year later in the western provinces (
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF62FFB41A491C4078B3444E" box="[561,747,1355,1378]" country="Canada" name="British Columbia" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">British Columbia</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF62FFB418151C607AE744AE" box="[109,191,1387,1410]" country="Canada" name="Alberta" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">Alberta</collectingRegion>
) and 2 years later in the eastern provinces (
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF62FFB41AEF1C6078B244AE" box="[663,746,1387,1410]" country="Canada" name="Ontario" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">Ontario</collectingRegion>
and Quebec—Butler 1953). The cycle may be synchronized by
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB41B7A1C807949448E" box="[770,785,1419,1442]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB418151CA07ABC44EE" box="[109,228,1451,1474]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
dispersal patterns (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB419BD1CA0781044EE" author="BUTLER, L." box="[453,584,1451,1474]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="242 - 262" refId="ref17592" refString="BUTLER, L. 1953. The nature of cycles in populations of Canadian mammals. Canadian Journal of Zoology 31: 242 - 262." type="journal article" year="1953">Butler 1953</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41A241CA0788B44EE" author="LACK, D." box="[604,723,1451,1474]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="25 - 37" refId="ref20173" refString="LACK, D. 1954. Cyclic mortality, Journal of Wildlife Management 18: 25 - 37." type="journal article" year="1954">Lack 1954</bibRefCitation>
). The cycle is caused by a high postnatal mortality, reduced reproduction rates among yearlings (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB419E41CE0780E472E" author="NELLIS, C. H. &amp; S. P. WETMORE &amp; L. B. KEITH" box="[412,598,1515,1538]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="320 - 329" refId="ref21863" refString="NELLIS, C. H., S. P. WETMORE, AND L. B. KEITH. 1972. Lynx-prey interactions in central Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 36: 320 - 329." type="journal article" year="1972">Nellis et al. 1972</bibRefCitation>
; Brand and Keith 1979;
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), and changes in recruitment (Stuart- Smith and
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB418921F207B2A476E" author="BOUTIN, S." box="[234,370,1579,1602]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="69 - 80" refId="ref17242" refString="BOUTIN, S., ET AL. 1995. Population changes of the vertebrate community during a snowshoe hare cycle in Canada's boreal forest. Oikos 74: 69 - 80." type="journal article" year="1995">Boutin 1995</bibRefCitation>
), combined with high adult mortality (Brand and Keith 1979).
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Autoregressive (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB4192F1F607B8047AE" author="TONG, H." box="[343,472,1643,1666]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="432 - 436" refId="ref25189" refString="TONG, H. 1977. Some comments on the Canadian lynx data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A 140: 432 - 436." type="journal article" year="1977">Tong 1977</bibRefCitation>
), fixed frequency (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41AA91F607AF7478E" author="MORAN &amp; P. A" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="163 - 173" refId="ref21251" refString="MORAN P. A. P. 1953 a. The statistical analysis of the Canadian lynx cycle. I. Structure and prediction. Australian Journal of Zoology 1: 163 - 173." type="journal article" year="1953">Moran 1953a</bibRefCitation>
), and a combination of both models (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41A461F80788F478E" author="BHANSALI, R. J." box="[574,727,1675,1698]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="199 - 209" refId="ref17087" refString="BHANSALI, R. J. 1979. A mixed spectrum analysis of the lynx data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A 142: 199 - 209." type="journal article" year="1979">Bhansali 1979</bibRefCitation>
) have been used to analyze
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB419251FA07BAB47EE" box="[349,499,1707,1730]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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data, to explain the cyclic fluctuation in mathematical terms. Autoregressive models can describe random changes in frequency, phase, or amplitude of oscillations, whereas fixed frequency models assume a fixed predetermined period. Several models have been tested such as using (1) the logarithms of the total animals trapped to reduce both the degree of asymmetry of the oscillations in the original data and the effect of ignoring the fact that the real population abundance is not exactly proportional to the number of animals caught (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41BE619E07E75402E" author="MORAN &amp; P. A" box="[926,1069,235,258]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="163 - 173" refId="ref21251" refString="MORAN P. A. P. 1953 a. The statistical analysis of the Canadian lynx cycle. I. Structure and prediction. Australian Journal of Zoology 1: 163 - 173." type="journal article" year="1953">Moran 1953a</bibRefCitation>
), (2) a pure Autoregressive model of order 11 without a fixed component (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41CED18007F5E400E" author="TONG, H." box="[1173,1286,267,290]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="432 - 436" refId="ref25189" refString="TONG, H. 1977. Some comments on the Canadian lynx data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A 140: 432 - 436." type="journal article" year="1977">Tong 1977</bibRefCitation>
), (3) a pure sine wave of a period of 9.63 years superposed with a first-order (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41DDB18207925404E" author="BULMER, M. G." pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="701 - 718" refId="ref17396" refString="BULMER, M. G. 1974. A statistical analysis of the 10 - year cycle in Canada. Journal of Animal Ecology 43: 701 - 718." type="journal article" year="1974">Bulmer 1974</bibRefCitation>
) or (4) second-order Autoregressive process (Campbell and Walker 1977), (5) an Autoregressive model of order 2 combined with a sine wave of a period of 9.5 years (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41DED1880792540EE" author="BHANSALI, R. J." pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="199 - 209" refId="ref17087" refString="BHANSALI, R. J. 1979. A mixed spectrum analysis of the lynx data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A 142: 199 - 209." type="journal article" year="1979">Bhansali 1979</bibRefCitation>
), (6) a self-exciting threshold Autoregressive model, that allows more flexibility in model parameters by switching from one regime to another when a threshold is reached, with two regimes of order 7 and 2 (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41C0B1B007E8D430E" author="LAI, D." box="[1139,1237,523,546]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="409 - 423" refId="ref20192" refString="LAI, D. 1996. Comparison study of AR models on the Canadian lynx data: a close look at BDS statistic. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 22: 409 - 423." type="journal article" year="1996">Lai 1996</bibRefCitation>
) or (7) with two regimes of order 2 (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41BAA1B207EEC436E" author="STENSETH, N. C." box="[978,1204,555,578]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="15430 - 15435" refId="ref24564" refString="STENSETH, N. C., ET AL. 1998. From pattern to processes: phase and density dependencies in the Canadian lynx cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95: 15430 - 15435." type="journal article" year="1998">Stenseth et al. 1998</bibRefCitation>
). The previously mentioned models assumed the oscillations to be an autonomous phenomenon and external factors as perturbations only. Other models describe the oscillations as being generated by external factors. Examples of these models follow: (1) a stepwise multiple regression analysis including precipitation in May and temperature in June, September, and October (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41CE31BE07F4F422E" author="ARDITI, R." box="[1179,1303,747,770]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="219 - 233" refId="ref16600" refString="ARDITI, R. 1979. Relation of the Canadian lynx cycle to a combination of weather variables: a stepwise multiple regression analysis. Oecologia 41: 219 - 233." type="journal article" year="1979">Arditi 1979</bibRefCitation>
), (2) a three-dimensional phase portrait with a deterministic period of 20 years with noise superimposed (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41C561A207E9D426E" author="SCHAFFER, W. M." box="[1070,1221,811,834]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="798 - 820" refId="ref23771" refString="SCHAFFER, W. M. 1984. Stretching and folding in lynx fur return: evidence for a strange attractor in nature? American Naturalist 123: 798 - 820." type="journal article" year="1984">Schaffer 1984</bibRefCitation>
), (3) a model incorporating plantherbivore and preypredator interactions as density ratios (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41B291A6079A642AE" author="AKCAKAYA, H. R." box="[849,1022,875,898]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="119 - 142" refId="ref16391" refString="AKCAKAYA, H. R. 1992. Population cycles of mammals: evidence for a ratio-dependant predation hypothesis. Ecological Monograph 62: 119 - 142." type="journal article" year="1992">Akçakaya 1992</bibRefCitation>
), (4) a bivariate time-series model fitted to snowshoe hare and
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.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB41C471A807EEE428E" box="[1087,1206,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">canadensis</emphasis>
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data to consider within- and between-population interactions (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41CD71AA07F1342EE" author="VIK, J. O. &amp; C. N. BRINCH &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; N. C. STENSETH" box="[1199,1355,939,962]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="267 - 274" refId="ref25549" refString="VIK, J. O., C. N. BRINCH, S. BOUTIN, AND N. C. STENSETH. 2008. Interlinking hare and lynx dynamics using a century's worth of annual data. Population Ecology 50: 267 - 274." type="journal article" year="2008">Vik et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
), and (5) a uniform phase evolution and chaotic amplitude model to evaluate the presence of a bifurcation process caused by increase trapping pressure or alternative prey (Gamarra and Solé 2000).
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The
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density cycle is primarily induced by fluctuations in snowshoe hare density (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41D791D407FDD454E" author="BUTLER, L." box="[1281,1413,1099,1122]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="242 - 262" refId="ref17592" refString="BUTLER, L. 1953. The nature of cycles in populations of Canadian mammals. Canadian Journal of Zoology 31: 242 - 262." type="journal article" year="1953">Butler 1953</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41DE01D4079E045AE" author="STENSETH, N. C. &amp; W. FALCK &amp; O. N. BJORNSTAD &amp; C. J. KREBS" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="5147 - 5152" refId="ref24731" refString="STENSETH, N. C., W. FALCK, O. N. BJORNSTAD, AND C. J. KREBS. 1997. Population regulation in snowshoe hare and Canadian lynx: asymmetric food web configuration between hare and lynx. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 94: 5147 - 5152." type="journal article" year="1997">Stenseth et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41BBE1D607E3B45AE" author="VIK, J. O. &amp; C. N. BRINCH &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; N. C. STENSETH" box="[966,1123,1131,1154]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="267 - 274" refId="ref25549" refString="VIK, J. O., C. N. BRINCH, S. BOUTIN, AND N. C. STENSETH. 2008. Interlinking hare and lynx dynamics using a century's worth of annual data. Population Ecology 50: 267 - 274." type="journal article" year="2008">Vik et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
) and usually follows 1 or 2 years behind the snowshoe hare cycle (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41CED1D807F7A458E" author="BULMER, M. G." box="[1173,1314,1163,1186]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="701 - 718" refId="ref17396" refString="BULMER, M. G. 1974. A statistical analysis of the 10 - year cycle in Canada. Journal of Animal Ecology 43: 701 - 718." type="journal article" year="1974">Bulmer 1974</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41D491D807FB3458E" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" box="[1329,1515,1163,1186]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
; Boutin et al. 1995;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41C651DA07F7C45EE" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[1053,1316,1195,1218]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="150 - 162" refId="ref21939" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, AND E. J. HOFER. 1997. Numerical responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 80: 150 - 162." type="journal article" year="1997">ODonoghue et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
). Between the low and peak abundance periods for snowshoe hare,
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.
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density increased from 7.5 to 17 times in the
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(Boutin et al. 1995;
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and Mowat 1996;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41CE51C007FC4440E" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[1181,1436,1291,1314]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="150 - 162" refId="ref21939" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, AND E. J. HOFER. 1997. Numerical responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 80: 150 - 162." type="journal article" year="1997">ODonoghue et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
) and 10 times in the
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41CBD1C207F67446E" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[1221,1343,1323,1346]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="608 - 618" refId="ref22629" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1994. Characteristics of an unharvested lynx population during a snowshoe hare decline. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 608 - 618." type="journal article" year="1994">
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1994
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). The speed and magnitude of
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.
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recovery from low snowshoe hare densities depends on the number of
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that survive the years of snowshoe hare scarcity (Brand and Keith 1979). The
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cycle is more obvious in northern environments but is still apparent in the southern portion of its geographic distribution, likely due to dispersal of northern individuals (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41B291F007E13470E" author="MCKELVEY, K. S. &amp; S. W. BUSKIRK &amp; C. J. KREBS" box="[849,1099,1547,1570]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" refId="ref20738" refString="MCKELVEY, K. S., S. W. BUSKIRK, AND C. J. KREBS. 2000 b. Theoretical insights into the population viability of lynx. Pp. 21 - 37 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">McKelvey et al. 2000b</bibRefCitation>
).
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dynamics might differ in populations in southern latitudes because fluctuation in snowshoe hares is more stable than in the north (Koehler 1990) because alternate preys are more abundant (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41D7A1F607FF447AE" author="ROTH, J. D. &amp; J. D. MARSHALL &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; D. M. NICKERSON &amp; T. D. STEURY" box="[1282,1452,1643,1666]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="2736 - 2743" refId="ref23439" refString="ROTH, J. D., J. D. MARSHALL, D. L. MURRAY, D. M. NICKERSON, AND T. D. STEURY. 2007. Geographical gradients in diet affect population dynamics of Canada lynx. Ecology 88: 2736 - 2743." type="journal article" year="2007">Roth et al. 2007</bibRefCitation>
).
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The cycle in
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also may be influenced by weather (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41B291FA079B847EE" author="MORAN, P. A. P." box="[849,992,1707,1730]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="291 - 298" refId="ref21286" refString="MORAN, P. A. P. 1953 b. The statistical analysis of the Canadian lynx cycle. II. Synchronization and meteorology. Australian Journal of Zoology 1: 291 - 298." type="journal article" year="1953">Moran 1953b</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41B931FA07E3D47EE" author="ARDITI, R." box="[1003,1125,1707,1730]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="219 - 233" refId="ref16600" refString="ARDITI, R. 1979. Relation of the Canadian lynx cycle to a combination of weather variables: a stepwise multiple regression analysis. Oecologia 41: 219 - 233." type="journal article" year="1979">Arditi 1979</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41C091FA07F6547EE" author="STENSETH, N. C." box="[1137,1341,1707,1730]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="1071 - 1073" refId="ref24610" refString="STENSETH, N. C., ET AL. 1999. Common dynamic structure of Canada lynx populations within three climatic regions. Science 285: 1071 - 1073." type="journal article" year="1999">Stenseth et al. 1999</bibRefCitation>
;
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). Sunspot numbers are not correlated with the
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.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB41D041FC07FAB47CE" box="[1404,1523,1739,1762]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cycle (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41BEA1FE07E4F462E" author="MORAN, P. A. P." box="[914,1047,1771,1794]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="115 - 116" refId="ref21221" refString="MORAN, P. A. P. 1949. The statistical analysis of the sunspot and lynx cycle. Journal of Animal Ecology 18: 115 - 116." type="journal article" year="1949">Moran 1949</bibRefCitation>
) but solar activity could indirectly, through the effects of the climate cycle on the ecosystem, modulate the snowshoe hare cycle and thus the
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB41CC31E207E92466E" box="[1211,1226,1835,1858]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB41CA01E207F17466E" box="[1240,1359,1835,1858]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cycle (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41DD81E2079EF464E" author="SINCLAIR, A. R. E." pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="173 - 198" refId="ref24144" refString="SINCLAIR, A. R. E., ET AL. 1993. Can the solar cycle and climate synchronize the snowshoe hare cycle in Canada? Evidence from tree rings and ice cores. American Naturalist 141: 173 - 198." type="journal article" year="1993">Sinclair et al. 1993</bibRefCitation>
). Forest fire, through plant succession favoring snowshoe hares (Fox and Bryant 1984;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41CC81E607F3546AE" author="TROSTEL, K. &amp; A. R. E. SINCLAIR &amp; C. WALTERS &amp; C. J. KREBS" box="[1200,1389,1899,1922]" pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="185 - 193" refId="ref25216" refString="TROSTEL, K., A. R. E. SINCLAIR, C. WALTERS, AND C. J. KREBS. 1987. Can predation cause the 10 - year hare cycle? Oecologia 74: 185 - 193." type="journal article" year="1987">Trostel et al. 1987</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF62FFB41D031E607925468E" author="KREBS, C. J." pageId="6" pageNumber="142" pagination="1112 - 1115" refId="ref20034" refString="KREBS, C. J., ET AL. 1995. Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle. Science 269: 1112 - 1115." type="journal article" year="1995">Krebs et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
), and snowfall may also cause oscillation in
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB41D271E807F36468E" box="[1375,1390,1931,1954]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF62FFB41D041E807FAB468E" box="[1404,1523,1931,1954]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="142">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
densities (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB518A519C07B1C41CE" author="FOX, J. F." box="[221,324,203,226]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="349 - 374" refId="ref18551" refString="FOX, J. F. 1978. Forest fires and snowshoe hare-Canada lynx cycle. Oecologia 31: 349 - 374." type="journal article" year="1978">Fox 1978</bibRefCitation>
). Finally, climate can affect
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB51AFB19C078CA41CE" box="[643,658,203,226]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB51AD919C0794041CE" box="[673,792,203,226]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
population cycles by the relationship of foot-loading to snowfall, by affecting snowshoe hare, and by affecting forest composition (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB5180E18207B1F406E" author="HOVING, C. L. &amp; R. A. JOSEPH &amp; W. B. KROHN" box="[118,327,299,322]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="363 - 382" refId="ref19323" refString="HOVING, C. L., R. A. JOSEPH, AND W. B. KROHN. 2003. Recent and historical distributions of Canada lynx in Maine and the northeast. Northeastern Naturalist 10: 363 - 382." type="journal article" year="2003">Hoving et al. 2003</bibRefCitation>
). However, it has not been shown that
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB51B7A18207949406E" box="[770,785,299,322]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB5181518407ABC404E" box="[109,228,331,354]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cycles result from cycle in fur prices (de Vos and Matel 1952; Gamarra and Solé 2000) that modulate trapper harvest effort (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB5189018807B3F408E" author="GILPIN, M. E." box="[232,359,395,418]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="727 - 730" refId="ref18797" refString="GILPIN, M. E. 1973. Do hares eat lynx? American Naturalist 107: 727 - 730." type="journal article" year="1973">Gilpin 1973</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB5190C18807841408E" author="WEINSTEIN, M. S." box="[372,537,395,418]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="806 - 808" refId="ref25734" refString="WEINSTEIN, M. S. 1977. Hares, lynx and trappers. American Naturalist 111: 806 - 808." type="journal article" year="1977">Weinstein 1977</bibRefCitation>
). The southern range of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB5181518A07B5940EE" box="[109,257,427,450]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears to have contracted during the last decade (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB5180E18C07B7540CE" author="BAYNE, E. M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; R. A. MOSES" box="[118,301,459,482]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="1189 - 1197" refId="ref16839" refString="BAYNE, E. M., S. BOUTIN, AND R. A. MOSES. 2008. Ecological factors influencing the spatial pattern of Canada lynx relative to its southern range edge in Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 1189 - 1197." type="journal article" year="2008">Bayne et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
) and it has been suggested that climate change may have a negative impact on the distribution of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB51AFD18E07940432E" box="[645,792,491,514]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
populations (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB518811B007BD9430E" author="CARROLL, C." box="[249,385,523,546]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="1092 - 1104" refId="ref17797" refString="CARROLL, C. 2007. Interacting effects of climate change, landscape conversion, and harvest on carnivore populations at the range margin: marten and lynx in the northern Appalachians. Conservation Biology 21: 1092 - 1104." type="journal article" year="2007">Carroll 2007</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB519F71B007811430E" author="BAYNE, E. M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; R. A. MOSES" box="[399,585,523,546]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="1189 - 1197" refId="ref16839" refString="BAYNE, E. M., S. BOUTIN, AND R. A. MOSES. 2008. Ecological factors influencing the spatial pattern of Canada lynx relative to its southern range edge in Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 1189 - 1197." type="journal article" year="2008">Bayne et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF63FFB518E01B2078E344EE" blockId="7.[109,793,203,1954]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">
Age and sex ratios of the harvest data usually differ from the population data and will change seasonally and dependently of the cycle (Quinn and Thompson 1985). Yearlings are overrepresented in harvest, especially in autumn and winter, while kittens are underrepresented but increased after December, when they become more independent (
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and Mowat 1996). Among yearlings, males are more vulnerable to trapping due to their higher mobility (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB519181A007853420E" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[352,523,779,802]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="390 - 400" refId="ref23659" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 a. Movement and activities of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 390 - 400." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963a</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB51A631A0078CE420E" author="MECH, L. D." box="[539,662,779,802]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="261 - 267" refId="ref20884" refString="MECH, L. D. 1980. Age, sex, reproduction, and spatial organization of lynxes colonizing northeastern Minnesota. Journal of Mammalogy 61: 261 - 267." type="journal article" year="1980">Mech 1980</bibRefCitation>
; Quinn and Thompson 1987). Sex and age ratios of the harvest vary with the cycle, with kittens being absent during the decline and numerous during the peak (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB519FA1A60781842AE" author="NELLIS, C. H. &amp; S. P. WETMORE &amp; L. B. KEITH" box="[386,576,875,898]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="320 - 329" refId="ref21863" refString="NELLIS, C. H., S. P. WETMORE, AND L. B. KEITH. 1972. Lynx-prey interactions in central Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 36: 320 - 329." type="journal article" year="1972">Nellis et al. 1972</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB51A291A60794842AE" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" box="[593,784,875,898]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
; Brand and Keith 1979;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB519171A807BB1428E" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[367,489,907,930]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="608 - 618" refId="ref22629" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1994. Characteristics of an unharvested lynx population during a snowshoe hare decline. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 608 - 618." type="journal article" year="1994">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF63FFB519171A807BF4428E" box="[367,428,907,930]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">Poole</collectingRegion>
1994
</bibRefCitation>
). Most studies of harvested populations have observed sex bias toward males (Quinn and Gardner 1984), but an even sex ratio or a bias toward females have also been observed (Brand and Keith 1979;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB51AEA1AE07AFA450E" author="BAILEY, T. N. &amp; E. E. BANGS &amp; M. R. PORTNER &amp; J. C. MALLOY &amp; R. J. MCAVINCHEY" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="279 - 290" refId="ref16701" refString="BAILEY, T. N., E. E. BANGS, M. R. PORTNER, J. C. MALLOY, AND R. J. MCAVINCHEY. 1986. An apparent overexploited lynx population on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 50: 279 - 290." type="journal article" year="1986">Bailey et al. 1986</bibRefCitation>
; Quinn and Thompson 1987). It seems that during peak densities in
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB5188B1D207BD1456E" box="[243,393,1067,1090]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
populations, males are predominant and during low densities, females are predominant (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB51AE91D407950454E" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[657,776,1099,1122]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="608 - 618" refId="ref22629" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1994. Characteristics of an unharvested lynx population during a snowshoe hare decline. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 608 - 618." type="journal article" year="1994">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF63FFB51AE91D407896454E" box="[657,718,1099,1122]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">Poole</collectingRegion>
1994
</bibRefCitation>
). Through the cycle, sex ratios usually do not significantly differ from equality (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB519721D807B99458E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[266,449,1163,1186]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB519B51D80781C458E" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[461,580,1163,1186]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="608 - 618" refId="ref22629" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1994. Characteristics of an unharvested lynx population during a snowshoe hare decline. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 608 - 618." type="journal article" year="1994">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF63FFB519B51D807852458E" box="[461,522,1163,1186]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">Poole</collectingRegion>
1994
</bibRefCitation>
;
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and Mowat 1996). Sex ratios (males:females;
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB519941DA07BA145EE" box="[492,505,1195,1218]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">n</emphasis>
in parenthesis) were: for kittens 50:50 (8), for yearlings 33:67 (15), and for adults 0:100 (7) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB519471DE07BE5442E" author="MECH, L. D." box="[319,445,1259,1282]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="261 - 267" refId="ref20884" refString="MECH, L. D. 1980. Age, sex, reproduction, and spatial organization of lynxes colonizing northeastern Minnesota. Journal of Mammalogy 61: 261 - 267." type="journal article" year="1980">Mech 1980</bibRefCitation>
); 57:43 (58) in the
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF63FFB51AD11DE07A84440E" country="Canada" name="Northwest Territories" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">Northwest Territories</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB518881C007B35440E" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[240,365,1291,1314]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="608 - 618" refId="ref22629" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1994. Characteristics of an unharvested lynx population during a snowshoe hare decline. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 608 - 618." type="journal article" year="1994">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF63FFB518881C007B75440E" box="[240,301,1291,1314]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">Poole</collectingRegion>
1994
</bibRefCitation>
); for kittens 69:31 (16), for yearlings 57:43 (70), and for adults 50:50 (60) in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB51AAB1C207AB9444E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
); for kittens 52:48 (178), for yearlings 62:38 (484), and for adults 54:46 (314) in
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(Quinn and Thompson 1987); for kittens 51:49 (158), for yearlings 65:35 (401), and for adults 49:51 (329) in
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(
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and Mowat 1996).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF63FFB518E01CC07B6A466E" blockId="7.[109,793,203,1954]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">
During snowshoe hare scarcity, age distribution of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB518151CE07B5B472E" box="[109,259,1515,1538]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shifts toward an older cohort due to a lower recruitment (Brand and Keith 1979;
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF63FFB5198C1F007818470E" box="[500,576,1547,1570]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">Slough</collectingRegion>
and Mowat 1996). The main cause of the decrease in recruitment is kitten mortality ranging from 40% to 100% (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB519871F40789F474E" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" box="[511,711,1611,1634]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB51AA31F407AFA47AE" author="POOLE, K. G." pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="608 - 618" refId="ref22629" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1994. Characteristics of an unharvested lynx population during a snowshoe hare decline. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 608 - 618." type="journal article" year="1994">
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1994
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB518C81F607B2647AE" author="MOWAT, G. &amp; B. G. SLOUGH &amp; S. BOUTIN" box="[176,382,1643,1666]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="441 - 452" refId="ref21538" refString="MOWAT, G., B. G. SLOUGH, AND S. BOUTIN. 1996 b. Lynx recruitment during a snowshoe hare population peak and decline in southwest Yukon. Journal of Wildlife Management 60: 441 - 452." type="journal article" year="1996">Mowat et al. 1996b</bibRefCitation>
). During periods when snowshoe hare density is low,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB519681F807BFC478E" box="[272,420,1675,1698]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
either does not conceive or aborts litters (Mowat and
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF63FFB519451FA07BD147EE" box="[317,393,1707,1730]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">Slough</collectingRegion>
1998) and survivorship of kittens of yearling females is lower than that of kittens of adult females (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB5180E1FE07B1B462E" author="MOWAT, G. &amp; B. G. SLOUGH &amp; S. BOUTIN" box="[118,323,1771,1794]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="441 - 452" refId="ref21538" refString="MOWAT, G., B. G. SLOUGH, AND S. BOUTIN. 1996 b. Lynx recruitment during a snowshoe hare population peak and decline in southwest Yukon. Journal of Wildlife Management 60: 441 - 452." type="journal article" year="1996">Mowat et al. 1996b</bibRefCitation>
;
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF63FFB519291FE07BC5462E" box="[337,413,1771,1794]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">Slough</collectingRegion>
and Mowat 1996). When snowshoe hares are abundant, late born kittens can survive winter (Mowat and
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF63FFB518E31E207ABF466E" box="[155,231,1835,1858]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">Slough</collectingRegion>
1998).
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peak in
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), 330/
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), 5.914.5/
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).
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density may be limited in the southern portion of its distribution where the snowshoe hare is restricted by habitat availability (Koehler 1990), thus its densities are typically higher in the north portion of its distribution (
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occupies habitats where snowshoe hares are abundant (
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; Koehler 1990;
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;
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; Mowat and
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2003;
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). It avoids deciduous forests, open habitat, steep slopes, and recent burns (
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;
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;
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;
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).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB51D241AE07FAB452E" box="[1372,1523,1003,1026]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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also selects early and late successional habitat like 15- to 30-year-old burns or 15- to 25-year-old forests regenerating from clear cutting and tends to avoid recent clear-cuts and partial harvests (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB51CCC1D607F2945AE" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[1204,1393,1131,1154]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
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et al. 1996
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;
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; Mowat and
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2003;
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). Mature forest is used for denning, travel corridors, cover, socialization, or to seek alternate prey (Koehler 1990;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF63FFB51CB71DE07FB2442E" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[1231,1514,1259,1282]" pageId="7" pageNumber="143" pagination="169 - 183" refId="ref21982" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 a. Behavioural responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 82: 169 - 183." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998a</bibRefCitation>
) but it will also den in young forest if that is the densest cover available (
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). Deep snow areas are also important to
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF63FFB51BEE1C407E76444E" box="[918,1070,1355,1378]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="143">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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probably because snowshoe hares prefer these areas and competition with other predators is diminished (Murray and Boutin 1991;
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).
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.
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is more selective in its habitat use in winter than summer, or when snowshoe hares are scarce (
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;
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; Mowat and
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2003).
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Lynx
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natal and maternal dens are usually fairly close together (
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), distances range from
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;
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;
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). Maternal dens typically occur in coarse woody debris, deadfalls or wind-thrown trees, boulder fields, slash piles, and live trees (Koehler 1990;
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; Gilbert and Pierce 2005;
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). In
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, dens were usually located on northeastern slopes averaging 24°, in concave or drainage-like areas, had higher horizontal cover and log volume than the surrounding area, abundant woody debris, and were away from forest edges (
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).
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prefers habitat with less than
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visibility for denning (
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height (
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). Relocation of dens may be common (
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) but each den is usually used only once (
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;
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). Dens of neighboring females or dens used the following year can be as close as
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(
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may use caves for rest (
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Home range size is correlated with snowshoe hare densities but not in a linear pattern (
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;
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and Mowat 1996;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA18CE18C07BDF40CE" author="MOWAT, G. &amp; K. G. POOLE &amp; M. O'DONOGHUE" box="[182,391,459,482]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" refId="ref21398" refString="MOWAT, G., K. G. POOLE, AND M. O'DONOGHUE. 2000. Ecology of the lynx in northern Canada and Alaska. Pp. 265 - 306 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Mowat et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
). Home ranges increase during the second year of snowshoe hare decline (
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and Mowat 1996) or during the first full year of snowshoe hare scarcity (
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1994
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). At the end of the first winter of low snowshoe hare densities,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6CFFBA18AF1B407B32434E" box="[215,362,587,610]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="144">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
either disperses or dies if its home range does not encompass a prey refugium (
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1994
</bibRefCitation>
,
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,
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1AAB1B60795043AE" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[723,776,619,642]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="497 - 505" refId="ref22684" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1997. Dispersal patterns of lynx in the Northwest Territories. Journal of Wildlife Management 61: 497 - 505." type="journal article" year="1997">1997</bibRefCitation>
). A resident
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6CFFBA189F1B807B24438E" box="[231,380,651,674]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="144">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
maintain its home range year to year (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA180E1BA07B1043EE" author="KOEHLER, G. M. &amp; M. G. HORNOCKER &amp; H. S. HASH" box="[118,328,683,706]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="441 - 442" refId="ref19774" refString="KOEHLER, G. M., M. G. HORNOCKER, AND H. S. HASH. 1979. Lynx movements and habitat use in Montana. Canadian Field-Naturalist 93: 441 - 442." type="journal article" year="1979">Koehler et al. 1979</bibRefCitation>
;
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1995
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); however, a threshold below which prey densities cannot support any size of home range has been estimated at 0.5 snowshoe hare/ha and this results in
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6CFFBA18151A007B58420E" box="[109,256,779,802]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="144">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
becoming nomadic (Ward and Krebs 1985).
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
home ranges may also vary according to sex, season, topography, and age. Home ranges of males are generally larger than females (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA19C71A60786242AE" author="MECH, L. D." box="[447,570,875,898]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="261 - 267" refId="ref20884" refString="MECH, L. D. 1980. Age, sex, reproduction, and spatial organization of lynxes colonizing northeastern Minnesota. Journal of Mammalogy 61: 261 - 267." type="journal article" year="1980">Mech 1980</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1A341A60794842AE" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[588,784,875,898]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA18151A807B19428E" author="VASHON, J. H." box="[109,321,907,930]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="1488 - 1496" refId="ref25461" refString="VASHON, J. H., ET AL. 2008 b. Diurnal habitat relationship of Canada lynx in an intensively managed private forest landscape in northern Maine. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 1488 - 1496." type="journal article" year="2008">Vashon et al. 2008b</bibRefCitation>
) and males may select mature conifer more than females because they travel more (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1A531AA0795042EE" author="VASHON, J. H." box="[555,776,939,962]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="1488 - 1496" refId="ref25461" refString="VASHON, J. H., ET AL. 2008 b. Diurnal habitat relationship of Canada lynx in an intensively managed private forest landscape in northern Maine. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 1488 - 1496." type="journal article" year="2008">Vashon et al. 2008b</bibRefCitation>
). Home ranges are usually larger in winter than in summer (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1AAB1AC07ABE452E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
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) because male
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.
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travel more during the breeding season (
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) and females decrease their movements during parturition (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA180E1D407B1E454E" author="BURDETT, C. L. &amp; R. A. MOEN &amp; G. J. NIEMI &amp; L. D. MECH" box="[118,326,1099,1122]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="457 - 467" refId="ref17471" refString="BURDETT, C. L., R. A. MOEN, G. J. NIEMI, AND L. D. MECH. 2007. Defining space use and movements of Canada lynx with global positioning system telemetry. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 457 - 467." type="journal article" year="2007">Burdett et al. 2007</bibRefCitation>
). The shape of home ranges is influenced by topography (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA19661D607B9345AE" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[286,459,1131,1154]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="390 - 400" refId="ref23659" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 a. Movement and activities of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 390 - 400." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963a</bibRefCitation>
). In Newfoundland, the home range of an individual coincided almost exactly with a band of 1020 years old growth timber (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA19B11DA0782B45EE" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[457,627,1195,1218]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="390 - 400" refId="ref23659" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 a. Movement and activities of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 390 - 400." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963a</bibRefCitation>
). Females tend to select areas with higher densities of snowshoe hares (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1AB01DC07ABE442E" author="VASHON, J. &amp; S. MCLELLAN &amp; S. CROWLEY &amp; A. MEEHAN &amp; K. LAUSTSEN" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" refId="ref25501" refString="VASHON, J., S. MCLELLAN, S. CROWLEY, A. MEEHAN, AND K. LAUSTSEN. 2012. Canada lynx assessment. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Research and Assessment Section, Bangor, Maine. 107 pp." type="book" year="2012">Vashon et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
), and those with kittens tend to have smaller home ranges than adults travelling alone (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA199F1C0078C8440E" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[487,656,1291,1314]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="390 - 400" refId="ref23659" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 a. Movement and activities of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 390 - 400." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963a</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1AE51C007AFA446E" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
) and yearlings have less home range fidelity (Quinn and Thompson 1985). Overlapping home ranges occur more frequently with females but males usually exclude other males, especially in the core area (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA19FE1C80781A448E" author="NELLIS, C. H. &amp; S. P. WETMORE &amp; L. B. KEITH" box="[390,578,1419,1442]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="320 - 329" refId="ref21863" refString="NELLIS, C. H., S. P. WETMORE, AND L. B. KEITH. 1972. Lynx-prey interactions in central Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 36: 320 - 329." type="journal article" year="1972">Nellis et al. 1972</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1A2B1C807948448E" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" box="[595,784,1419,1442]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA18151CA07B1D44EE" author="VASHON, J. H." box="[109,325,1451,1474]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" refId="ref25427" refString="VASHON, J. H., ET AL. 2008 a. Spatial ecology of a Canada lynx population in northern Maine. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 1497 - 1487." type="journal volume" year="2008">Vashon et al. 2008a</bibRefCitation>
). Home range overlap between sexes may be common (Ward and Krebs 1985;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA19801CC0782A44CE" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[504,626,1483,1506]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="632 - 641" refId="ref22659" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1995. Spatial organisation of a lynx population. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 632 - 641." type="journal article" year="1995">
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1995
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) or rare (
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; Carbyn and Patriquin 1983).
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Home ranges of males and females average about 150 and
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, respectively (
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). Average home range size (km
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in parenthesis) for adult males and females, respectively, were: 423.5 (2), 69.5 (2) in
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(
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); 145243 (8), 17122 (12) in
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(
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;
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); 19.4 (2), 15.5 (1) in Newfoundland (
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); 25.4 (30), 24.4 (24) in the
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(
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1994
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); 18.6 (1) and 12.3 (1) in summer, 32.3 (1) and 25.6 (1) in winter in
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(
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); 53.6 (11), 25.7 (11) in
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(
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); 69 (5), 39 (2) in
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(Koehler 1990); 60.0 (46), 54.0 (51) in the
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and Mowat 1996). A single male in
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had a home range of
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). Home range core areas in km
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) for adult males and adult females, respectively, were: 17.3 (11), 5.3 (11) in
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(
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); 37 (4), 5 (2) in
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(
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); 6.6 (1), 5.3 (1) in
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(
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).
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Daily movements of male
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.
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are greater than those of females (
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;
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). Daily movements (km; ranges or means) for males and females, respectively, were: 3.8 and 3.0 in
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(
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), 3.8 and
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(Carbyn and Patriquin 1983), 2.53.3 and
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(Squires and Laurion 2000), 2.03.3 and
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the
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(
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1994
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), 8.8 and
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(
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), 0.79.5 and
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(Squires and Laurion 2000).
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travels on average for 99 min (ranging from 11 to 274 min) at an average speed of
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/h (ranging from
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/h) and this rate does not differ between low and high snowshoe hare densities (
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). Daily movements of
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are typically greater in summer than in winter (
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), though movement increases when snowshoe hare densities are low (Ward and Krebs 1985;
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1994
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). Daily movements increased from
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in the
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(Ward and Krebs 1985) and from 3.0 to
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(Nellis and Keith 1968;
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) when snowshoe hare densities decreased.
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Dispersal increases during periods of snowshoe hare decline (
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and Mowat 1996;
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). There is no difference in dispersal distance between sexes, age classes, or resident status (
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;
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and Mowat 1996;
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). Dispersal occurs mainly during March through June and rarely in September and October (
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and Mowat 1996). During increasing
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.
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populations, immigration is greater than emigration (
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in Newfoundland (
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in
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(
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and Mowat 1996). The longest recorded dispersals for
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are
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in
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(Nellis and Wetmore 1969),
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in
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),
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in
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in the
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(
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1997
</bibRefCitation>
), and
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in the
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(
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and Mowat 1996). During dispersal, daily travel of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6CFFBA1B301C807986448E" box="[840,990,1419,1442]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="144">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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varies from
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(
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and Mowat 1996;
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1997
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). Highways might be a barrier to movement for
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6CFFBA1B161CC07E5944CE" box="[878,1025,1483,1506]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="144">L. canadensis</emphasis>
(Alexander and Waters 2000)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6CFFBA1B0B1CE07E2E472E" box="[883,1142,1515,1539]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="144">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6CFFBA1B0B1CE079F0472F" bold="true" box="[883,936,1515,1539]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="144">Diet.</emphasis>
—Lynx
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is a strict carnivore. Throughout its range, diet is comprised from 35% to 100% of snowshoe hares (Brand and Keith 1979;
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). Snowshoe hares compose 3599% of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6CFFBA1C141F407F59474E" box="[1132,1281,1611,1634]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="144">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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diet in
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(Nellis and Keith 1968;
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;
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; Brand and Keith 1979), 89% in
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(
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), 96% in
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(Squires and Ruggiero 2007), 73% in Newfoundland (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1B291FC07E5B47CE" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[849,1027,1739,1762]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="384 - 390" refId="ref23689" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 b. Food habits of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 384 - 390." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963b</bibRefCitation>
), 5283% in the
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1DB41FC07E45462E" author="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G." pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="18 - 23" refId="ref26272" refString="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G. 1966 a. Food habits of the lynx in Alberta and the Mackenzie district, N. W. T. Canadian Field-Naturalist 80: 18 - 23." type="journal article" year="1966">van Zyll de Jong 1966a</bibRefCitation>
;
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), 97% in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6CFFBA1D6D1FE07FC3462E" box="[1301,1435,1771,1794]" country="Canada" name="Nova Scotia" pageId="8" pageNumber="144">Nova Scotia</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1DD41FE079E1460E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
), 79% in
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6CFFBA1C5B1E007EFC460E" box="[1059,1188,1803,1826]" country="United States of America" name="Washington" pageId="8" pageNumber="144">Washington</collectingRegion>
(Koehler 1990), and 38100% in the
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1B9F1E207EEF466E" author="MURRAY, D. L. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; M. O'DONOGHUE" box="[999,1207,1835,1858]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="1444 - 1451" refId="ref21659" refString="MURRAY, D. L., S. BOUTIN, AND M. O'DONOGHUE. 1994. Winter habitat selection by lynx and coyotes in relation to snowshoe hare abundance. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 1444 - 1451." type="journal article" year="1994">Murray et al. 1994</bibRefCitation>
;
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).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6CFFBA1B301E4079BB464E" box="[840,995,1867,1890]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="144">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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depends more on snowshoe hares during the winter than summer (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1C491E607E8746AE" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[1073,1247,1899,1922]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="384 - 390" refId="ref23689" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 b. Food habits of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 384 - 390." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963b</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1C951E607FB346AE" author="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G." box="[1261,1515,1899,1922]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="18 - 23" refId="ref26272" refString="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G. 1966 a. Food habits of the lynx in Alberta and the Mackenzie district, N. W. T. Canadian Field-Naturalist 80: 18 - 23." type="journal article" year="1966">van Zyll de Jong 1966a</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6CFFBA1B301E807E40468E" author="NELLIS, C. H. &amp; S. P. WETMORE &amp; L. B. KEITH" box="[840,1048,1931,1954]" pageId="8" pageNumber="144" pagination="320 - 329" refId="ref21863" refString="NELLIS, C. H., S. P. WETMORE, AND L. B. KEITH. 1972. Lynx-prey interactions in central Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 36: 320 - 329." type="journal article" year="1972">Nellis et al. 1972</bibRefCitation>
) and shifts to alternate prey during the snowshoe hare decline (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB190119C0786241CE" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" box="[377,570,203,226]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1A3319C07AE9402E" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; G. ZULETA &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="1193 - 1208" refId="ref22032" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, G. ZULETA, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 b. Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Ecology 79: 1193 - 1208." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998b</bibRefCitation>
) or during the summer months in the southern portions of its distribution (
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).
</paragraph>
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The two main alternate prey eaten by
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1A2B182078B4406E" box="[595,748,299,322]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are ruffed grouse (
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB197318407B9A404E" box="[267,450,331,354]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Bonasa umbellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and red squirrel (
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1AF118407ABD40AE" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Tamiasciurus hudsonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1A4518607AE8408E" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; G. ZULETA &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="1193 - 1208" refId="ref22032" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, G. ZULETA, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 b. Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Ecology 79: 1193 - 1208." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998b</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB18BA18807BC4408E" author="VASHON, J. &amp; S. MCLELLAN &amp; S. CROWLEY &amp; A. MEEHAN &amp; K. LAUSTSEN" box="[194,412,395,418]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" refId="ref25501" refString="VASHON, J., S. MCLELLAN, S. CROWLEY, A. MEEHAN, AND K. LAUSTSEN. 2012. Canada lynx assessment. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Research and Assessment Section, Bangor, Maine. 107 pp." type="book" year="2012">Vashon et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
). Other mammalian prey may include squirrels (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB196718A0784D40EE" box="[287,533,427,450]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB196718A07BCF40EE" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1908" box="[287,407,427,450]" class="Mammalia" family="Sciuridae" genus="Glaucomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Glaucomys</taxonomicName>
sabrinus—
</emphasis>
northern flying squirrel,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB181518C07BE740CE" box="[109,447,459,482]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB181518C07B5840CE" box="[109,256,459,482]" class="Mammalia" family="Sciuridae" genus="Spermophilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Spermophilus</taxonomicName>
columbianus—
</emphasis>
Columbian ground squirrel,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB181518E07B29432E" box="[109,369,491,514]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB181518E07B58432E" box="[109,256,491,514]" class="Mammalia" family="Sciuridae" genus="Spermophilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Spermophilus</taxonomicName>
parryii—
</emphasis>
Arctic ground squirrel,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1AFD18E07B5F430E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1AFD18E07940432E" box="[645,792,491,514]" class="Mammalia" family="Sciuridae" genus="Spermophilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Spermophilus</taxonomicName>
richardsonii—
</emphasis>
Richardsons ground squirrel), mice (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1AE21B007B5F436E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1AE21B007940430E" authorityName="Gloger" authorityYear="1841" box="[666,792,523,546]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Peromyscus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Peromyscus</taxonomicName>
maniculatus—
</emphasis>
North American deermouse,
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1A301B207A9F434E" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Zapus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hudsoniusmeadow">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1A301B207A9F434E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Zapus hudsoniusmeadow</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
jumping mouse), shrews (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1A7C1B4078E7434E" box="[516,703,587,610]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1A7C1B407867434E" box="[516,575,587,610]" class="Mammalia" family="Soricidae" genus="Sorex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Soricomorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Sorex</taxonomicName>
cinereus—
</emphasis>
cinereus shrew), and voles (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB192A1B60782343AE" box="[338,635,619,642]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB192A1B607BE943AE" authorityName="Schrank" authorityYear="1798" box="[338,433,619,642]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Microtus</taxonomicName>
pennsylvanicus—
</emphasis>
meadow vole,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB18151B807B6C438E" box="[109,308,651,674]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB18151B807A98438E" box="[109,192,651,674]" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Myodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Myodes</taxonomicName>
gapperi—
</emphasis>
southern red-backed vole—van
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1AF61B807AF743EE" author="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G." pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="18 - 23" refId="ref26272" refString="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G. 1966 a. Food habits of the lynx in Alberta and the Mackenzie district, N. W. T. Canadian Field-Naturalist 80: 18 - 23." type="journal article" year="1966">Zyll de Jong 1966a</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB18B91BA07BDE43EE" author="NELLIS, C. H. &amp; S. P. WETMORE &amp; L. B. KEITH" box="[193,390,683,706]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="320 - 329" refId="ref21863" refString="NELLIS, C. H., S. P. WETMORE, AND L. B. KEITH. 1972. Lynx-prey interactions in central Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 36: 320 - 329." type="journal article" year="1972">Nellis et al. 1972</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB19E11BA078EF43EE" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; G. ZULETA &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[409,695,683,706]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="1193 - 1208" refId="ref22032" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, G. ZULETA, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 b. Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Ecology 79: 1193 - 1208." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998b</bibRefCitation>
). Larger rodents such as muskrat (
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB19F41BC0780443CE" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1766" box="[396,604,715,738]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Ondatra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zibethicus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB19F41BC0780443CE" box="[396,604,715,738]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Ondatra zibethicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), beaver (
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1AB71BC07ABC422E" baseAuthorityName="van Zyll de Jong" baseAuthorityYear="1966" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1AB71BC07ABC422E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Castor canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and porcupine (
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB19D31BE07827422E" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[427,639,747,770]" class="Mammalia" family="Erethizontidae" genus="Erethizon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorsatum">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB19D31BE07827422E" box="[427,639,747,770]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Erethizon dorsatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) also may be consumed (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB18911A007BCD420E" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[233,405,779,802]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="384 - 390" refId="ref23689" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 b. Food habits of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 384 - 390." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963b</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB19DA1A007802420E" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH" box="[418,602,779,802]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="827 - 849" refId="ref17275" refString="BRAND, C. J., AND L. B. KEITH. 1979. Lynx demography during a snowshoe hare decline in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 43: 827 - 849." type="journal article" year="1979">Brand et al. 1979</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF6DFFBB18E01A207AEB454E" blockId="9.[109,793,203,1954]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
Additional species of birds such as grouse (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1AD81A207AA3424E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1AD81A207940426E" authorityName="Stejneger" authorityYear="1885" box="[672,792,811,834]" class="Aves" family="Phasianidae" genus="Canachites" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Canachites</taxonomicName>
canadensis—
</emphasis>
spruce grouse,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB19C21A407881424E" box="[442,729,843,866]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB19C21A407813424E" box="[442,587,843,866]" class="Aves" family="Phasianidae" genus="Dendragapus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Dendragapus</taxonomicName>
obscurus—
</emphasis>
dusky grouse,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB18B51A607BA442AE" box="[205,508,875,898]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB18B51A607B1242AE" authorityName="Baird" authorityYear="1858" box="[205,330,875,898]" class="Aves" family="Phasianidae" genus="Pedioecetes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pedioecetes</taxonomicName>
phasianellus—
</emphasis>
sharp-tailed grouse), fox sparrow (
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB18AA1A807BDB428E" baseAuthorityName="Merrem" baseAuthorityYear="1786" box="[210,387,907,930]" class="Aves" family="Emberizidae" genus="Passerella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Passeriformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="iliaca">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB18AA1A807BDB428E" box="[210,387,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Passerella iliaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), chickadees (
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1A661A807834428E" authorityName="Kaup" authorityYear="1829" box="[542,620,907,930]" class="Aves" family="Paridae" genus="Poecile" kingdom="Animalia" order="Passeriformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1A661A807834428E" box="[542,620,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Poecile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), grey partridge (
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB180E1AA07B5042EE" authority="perdix" box="[118,264,939,962]" class="Aves" family="Phasianidae" genus="Perdix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perdix">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB180E1AA07B5042EE" box="[118,264,939,962]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Perdix perdix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), ducks (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB190C1AA0781642EE" box="[372,590,939,962]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB190C1AA07BF142EE" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[372,425,939,962]" class="Aves" family="Anatidae" genus="Anas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anseriformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Anas</taxonomicName>
carolinensis—
</emphasis>
green-winged teal,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB18151AC07B0242CE" box="[109,346,971,994]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB18151AC07AFA42CE" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[109,162,971,994]" class="Aves" family="Anatidae" genus="Anas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anseriformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Anas</taxonomicName>
platyrhynchos—
</emphasis>
mallard,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB19C31AC0783442CE" box="[443,620,971,994]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB19C31AC07BA842CE" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[443,496,971,994]" class="Aves" family="Anatidae" genus="Anas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anseriformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Anas</taxonomicName>
rubripes—
</emphasis>
American black duck), willow ptarmigan (
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB19ED1AE07809452E" authority="lagopus" box="[405,593,1003,1026]" class="Aves" family="Phasianidae" genus="Lagopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lagopus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB19ED1AE07809452E" box="[405,593,1003,1026]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Lagopus lagopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), northern flicker (
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB180E1D007B74450E" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[118,300,1035,1058]" class="Aves" family="Picidae" genus="Colaptes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Piciformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auratus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB180E1D007B74450E" box="[118,300,1035,1058]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Colaptes auratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) also may be eaten (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1A7F1D0078EA450E" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[519,690,1035,1058]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="384 - 390" refId="ref23689" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 b. Food habits of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 384 - 390." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963b</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1AB81D007B48456E" author="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G." pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="18 - 23" refId="ref26272" refString="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G. 1966 a. Food habits of the lynx in Alberta and the Mackenzie district, N. W. T. Canadian Field-Naturalist 80: 18 - 23." type="journal article" year="1966">van Zyll de Jong 1966a</bibRefCitation>
; Nellis and Keith 1968; Squires and Ruggiero 2007).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF6DFFBB18E01D60780347EE" blockId="9.[109,793,203,1954]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB18E01D607B1145AE" box="[152,329,1131,1154]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
Lynx
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB18AA1D607B1145AE" baseAuthorityName="van Zyll de Jong" baseAuthorityYear="1966" box="[210,329,1131,1154]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">canadensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
may prey on white-tailed deer (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1AE71D607AA5458E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1AE71D60794045AE" authorityName="Rafinesque" authorityYear="1832" box="[671,792,1131,1154]" class="Mammalia" family="Cervidae" genus="Odocoileus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Artiodactyla" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Odocoileus</taxonomicName>
virginianus—
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB18861D807B80458E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[254,472,1163,1186]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB19891D80782F458E" author="FULLER, A. K." box="[497,631,1163,1186]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="395 - 398" refId="ref18642" refString="FULLER, A. K. 2004. Canada lynx predation on white-tailed deer. Northeastern Naturalist 11: 395 - 398." type="journal article" year="2004">Fuller 2004</bibRefCitation>
; Squires and Ruggiero 2007), reindeer (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB19F31DA0783D45EE" box="[395,613,1195,1218]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB19F31DA07BB045EE" box="[395,488,1195,1218]" class="Mammalia" family="Cervidae" genus="Rangifer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Artiodactyla" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Rangifer</taxonomicName>
tarandus—
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1A1D1DA0794945EE" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[613,785,1195,1218]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="384 - 390" refId="ref23689" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 b. Food habits of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 384 - 390." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963b</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB18151DC07B4A45CE" author="BERGERUD, A. T." box="[109,274,1227,1250]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="3 - 55" refId="ref16948" refString="BERGERUD, A. T. 1971. The population dynamics of Newfoundland caribou. Wildlife Monographs 25: 3 - 55." type="journal article" year="1971">Bergerud 1971</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB195F1DC0787345CE" author="STEPHENSON, R. O. &amp; D. V. GRANGAARD &amp; J. BURCH" box="[295,555,1227,1250]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="255 - 262" refId="ref24794" refString="STEPHENSON, R. O., D. V. GRANGAARD, AND J. BURCH. 1991. Lynx, Felis lynx, predation on red foxes, Vulpes vulpes, caribou, Rangifer tarandus, and Dall sheep, Ovis dalli, in Alaska. Canadian Field- Naturalist 105: 255 - 262." type="journal article" year="1991">Stephenson et al. 1991</bibRefCitation>
), Dalls sheep (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1A9F1DC07AEE442E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1A9F1DC0794045CE" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[743,792,1227,1250]" class="Mammalia" family="Bovidae" genus="Ovis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Artiodactyla" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Ovis</taxonomicName>
dalli—
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB18CE1DE07B98442E" author="STEPHENSON, R. O. &amp; D. V. GRANGAARD &amp; J. BURCH" box="[182,448,1259,1282]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="255 - 262" refId="ref24794" refString="STEPHENSON, R. O., D. V. GRANGAARD, AND J. BURCH. 1991. Lynx, Felis lynx, predation on red foxes, Vulpes vulpes, caribou, Rangifer tarandus, and Dall sheep, Ovis dalli, in Alaska. Canadian Field- Naturalist 105: 255 - 262." type="journal article" year="1991">Stephenson et al. 1991</bibRefCitation>
), and mule deer (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1AE61DE07AB3440E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1AE61DE0794F442E" authorityName="Rafinesque" authorityYear="1832" box="[670,791,1259,1282]" class="Mammalia" family="Cervidae" genus="Odocoileus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Artiodactyla" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Odocoileus</taxonomicName>
hemionus—
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB18931C007BF0440E" author="POSZIG, D. &amp; C. D. APPS &amp; A. DIBB" box="[235,424,1291,1314]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="191 - 194" refId="ref22875" refString="POSZIG, D., C. D. APPS, AND A. DIBB. 2004. Predation on two mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, by a Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis, in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains. Canadian Field-Naturalist 118: 191 - 194." type="journal article" year="2004">Poszig et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
). On occasion,
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1A291C0078BC440E" baseAuthorityName="van Zyll de Jong" baseAuthorityYear="1966" box="[593,740,1291,1314]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1A291C0078BC440E" box="[593,740,1291,1314]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may kill and eat other carnivores such as red fox (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1A131C207940446E" box="[619,792,1323,1346]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1A131C2078EA446E" box="[619,690,1323,1346]" class="Mammalia" family="Canidae" genus="Vulpes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Vulpes</taxonomicName>
vulpes—
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB18151C407B32444E" author="STEPHENSON, R. O. &amp; D. V. GRANGAARD &amp; J. BURCH" box="[109,362,1355,1378]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="255 - 262" refId="ref24794" refString="STEPHENSON, R. O., D. V. GRANGAARD, AND J. BURCH. 1991. Lynx, Felis lynx, predation on red foxes, Vulpes vulpes, caribou, Rangifer tarandus, and Dall sheep, Ovis dalli, in Alaska. Canadian Field- Naturalist 105: 255 - 262." type="journal article" year="1991">Stephenson et al. 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB19041C4078CF444E" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; G. ZULETA &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[380,663,1355,1378]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="1193 - 1208" refId="ref22032" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, G. ZULETA, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 b. Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Ecology 79: 1193 - 1208." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998b</bibRefCitation>
), American marten (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB18AB1C607BE344AE" box="[211,443,1387,1410]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB18AB1C607B4744AE" box="[211,287,1387,1410]" class="Mammalia" family="Mustelidae" genus="Martes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Martes</taxonomicName>
americana—
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB19C31C60786244AE" author="APPS, C. D." box="[443,570,1387,1410]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" refId="ref16534" refString="APPS, C. D. 2000. Space-use, diet, demographics, and topographic associations of lynx in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains: a study. Pp. 351 - 371 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Apps 2000</bibRefCitation>
), ermine (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1ABA1C607A84448E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1ABA1C60794044AE" box="[706,792,1387,1410]" class="Mammalia" family="Mustelidae" genus="Mustela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Mustela</taxonomicName>
erminea—
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB18A41C807BB6448E" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; G. ZULETA &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[220,494,1419,1442]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="1193 - 1208" refId="ref22032" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, G. ZULETA, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 b. Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Ecology 79: 1193 - 1208." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998b</bibRefCitation>
), and least weasel (
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nivalis—
</emphasis>
Squires and Ruggiero 2007). It may also kill domestic animals such as domestic cats (
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<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB19CC1CC0781444CE" box="[436,588,1483,1506]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="silvestris">Felis silvestris</taxonomicName>
catus—
</emphasis>
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), domestic cows (
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taurus—
</emphasis>
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), red sheep (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB180E1F007AA5470E" box="[118,253,1547,1570]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
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aries—
</emphasis>
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), chickens (
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<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1A4A1F007821470E" box="[562,633,1547,1570]" class="Aves" family="Phasianidae" genus="Gallus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Galliformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Gallus</taxonomicName>
gallus—
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1AA31F007AFA476E" author="MECH, L. D." pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="151 - 152" refId="ref20838" refString="MECH, L. D. 1973. Canadian lynx invasion of Minnesota. Biological Conservation 5: 151 - 152." type="journal article" year="1973">Mech 1973</bibRefCitation>
; Mowat and
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1998), goats (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1A5F1F207895476E" box="[551,717,1579,1602]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1A5F1F207833476E" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[551,619,1579,1602]" class="Mammalia" family="Bovidae" genus="Capra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Artiodactyla" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Capra</taxonomicName>
hircus—
</emphasis>
Mowat and
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1998), and domestic dogs (
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1A6E1F407883474E" box="[534,731,1611,1634]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1A6E1F40780C474E" box="[534,596,1611,1634]" class="Mammalia" family="Canidae" genus="Canis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Canis</taxonomicName>
familiaris—
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1AA31F407AFA47AE" author="MECH, L. D." pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="151 - 152" refId="ref20838" refString="MECH, L. D. 1973. Canadian lynx invasion of Minnesota. Biological Conservation 5: 151 - 152." type="journal article" year="1973">Mech 1973</bibRefCitation>
; Mowat and
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1998).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB19AC1F60783047AE" box="[468,616,1643,1666]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may eat carrion (Nellis and Keith 1968;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1A471F807950478E" author="MURRAY, D. L. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; M. O'DONOGHUE" box="[575,776,1675,1698]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="1444 - 1451" refId="ref21659" refString="MURRAY, D. L., S. BOUTIN, AND M. O'DONOGHUE. 1994. Winter habitat selection by lynx and coyotes in relation to snowshoe hare abundance. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 1444 - 1451." type="journal article" year="1994">Murray et al. 1994</bibRefCitation>
). Other food includes insects (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB19D81FA0781347EE" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[416,587,1707,1730]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="384 - 390" refId="ref23689" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 b. Food habits of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 384 - 390." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963b</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
needs 0.4 snowshoe hares per day to meet its daily metabolic requirements (
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). Food requirements have been estimated to be
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per day for adults,
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for juveniles in winter (
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), and
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per day for captive adults (
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). Consumption rates vary according to prey availability and were evaluated for snowshoe hares and range from
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per day during periods of low snowshoe hare density to
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per day during high snowshoe hare density (
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).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1CCA19E07F1F402E" box="[1202,1351,235,258]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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eats about 0.2 0.8 snowshoe hares per day in
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(Nellis and Keith 1968;
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), between 0.47 and 0.56 snowshoe hares per day in Newfoundland (
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), about one snowshoe hare per day in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1C0118607F6940AE" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[1145,1329,363,386]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
), and between 0.3 and 1.2 snowshoe hares per day in the
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6DFFBB1CA318807F78408E" box="[1243,1312,395,418]" country="Canada" name="Yukon" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Yukon</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1D57188079D340EE" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; G. ZULETA &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="1193 - 1208" refId="ref22032" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, G. ZULETA, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 b. Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Ecology 79: 1193 - 1208." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998b</bibRefCitation>
). The shift to alternate prey during periods of snowshoe hare decline does not compensate for the decrease in biomass of snowshoe hares killed and thus lynx consume 37% less in biomass (
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).
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<paragraph id="357B368EDF6DFFBB1B0B1B207EE942AE" blockId="9.[840,1523,203,1954]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1B0B1B207ED7436F" bold="true" box="[883,1167,555,579]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Diseases and parasites.</emphasis>
—In a free-ranging situation,
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1B301B407E5D434E" box="[840,1029,587,610]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
Lynx
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</emphasis>
appears to rarely encounter common feline pathogens or infectious diseases (
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). Nevertheless, adults can be infected by
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1D761B807FAA438E" box="[1294,1522,651,674]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Salmonella arizonae</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, feline coronavirus, canine distemper virus, feline calcivirus, feline herpesvirus,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1C8E1BC07FB443CE" box="[1270,1516,715,738]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Francisella tularensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1B301BE079B1422E" box="[840,1001,747,770]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Yersinia pestis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, oral papillomatosis (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1C9C1BE07FC7422E" author="WILD, M. A. &amp; T. M. SHENK &amp; T. R. SPRAKER" box="[1252,1439,747,770]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="646 - 650" refId="ref25776" refString="WILD, M. A., T. M. SHENK, AND T. R. SPRAKER. 2006. Plague as a mortality factor in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42: 646 - 650." type="journal article" year="2006">Wild et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
; Wolfe and Spraker 2007;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1C631A007F58420E" author="DEVINEAU, O. &amp; T. M. SHENK &amp; G. C. WHITE &amp; P. F. DOHERTY, JR. &amp; P. M. LUKACS &amp; R. H. KAHN" box="[1051,1280,779,802]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="524 - 531" refId="ref18013" refString="DEVINEAU, O., T. M. SHENK, G. C. WHITE, P. F. DOHERTY, JR., P. M. LUKACS, AND R. H. KAHN. 2010. Evaluating the Canada lynx reintroduction programme in Colorado: patterns in mortality. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 524 - 531." type="journal article" year="2010">Devineau et al. 2010</bibRefCitation>
), or feline parvovirus (FVP) which is more common in southern populations and in males (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1BEF1A407E1A424E" author="BIEK, R. &amp; R. L. ZARNKE &amp; C. GILLIN &amp; M. WILD &amp; J. R. SQUIRES &amp; M. POSS" box="[919,1090,843,866]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="840 - 845" refId="ref17119" refString="BIEK, R., R. L. ZARNKE, C. GILLIN, M. WILD, J. R. SQUIRES, AND M. POSS. 2002. Serologic survey for viral and bacterial infections in western populations of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38: 840 - 845." type="journal article" year="2002">Biek et al. 2002</bibRefCitation>
). Adult lynx can also be affected by hypothyroidism (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1B911A607EF942AE" author="GREER, L. L. &amp; M. TROUTMAN &amp; M. D. MCCRACKEN &amp; E. C. RAMSAY" box="[1001,1185,875,898]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="287 - 291" refId="ref18818" refString="GREER, L. L., M. TROUTMAN, M. D. MCCRACKEN, AND E. C. RAMSAY. 2003. Adult-onset hypothyroidism in a lynx (Lynx canadensis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 34: 287 - 291." type="journal article" year="2003">Greer et al. 2003</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF6DFFBB1B0B1A807FCD44AE" blockId="9.[840,1523,203,1954]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
Although parasite prevalence and abundance may be high, parasites do not seem to negatively influence the physical condition of individual
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1C521AC07E9A42CE" box="[1066,1218,971,994]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1B301AE07987452E" box="[840,991,1003,1026]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is frequently infected by helminths particularly in the small intestine but also in the stomach and the lungs (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1DB51D007E43456E" author="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G." pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="499 - 509" refId="ref26310" refString="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G. 1966 b. Parasites of the Canada lynx, Felis (Lynx) canadensis (Kerr). Canadian Journal of Zoology 44: 499 - 509." type="journal article" year="1966">van Zyll de Jong 1966b</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1C531D207EBE456E" author="SMITH, J. D. &amp; E. M. ADDISON &amp; D. G. JOACHIM &amp; L. M. SMITH &amp; N. W. S. QUINN" box="[1067,1254,1067,1090]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="358 - 364" refId="ref24250" refString="SMITH, J. D., E. M. ADDISON, D. G. JOACHIM, L. M. SMITH, AND N. W. S. QUINN. 1986. Helminth parasites of Canada lynx (Felis canadensis) from northern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64: 358 - 364." type="journal article" year="1986">Smith et al. 1986</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1C861D207FCB456E" baseAuthorityName="van Zyll de Jong" baseAuthorityYear="1966" box="[1278,1427,1067,1090]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1C861D207FCB456E" box="[1278,1427,1067,1090]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can also be host to protozoans, nematodes, cestodes, trematodes, and acanthocephalans (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1C6C1D607EE045AE" author="CHITWOOD, B. G." box="[1044,1208,1131,1154]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="63" refId="ref17886" refString="CHITWOOD, B. G. 1933. Note on a genus and species of nematode from Lynx canadensis. Journal of Parasitology 20: 63." type="journal article" year="1933">Chitwood 1933</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1CBF1D607FD345AE" author="RAUSCH, R. &amp; B. B. BABERO &amp; R. V. RAUSCH &amp; E. L. SCHILLER" box="[1223,1419,1131,1154]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="259 - 271" refId="ref23280" refString="RAUSCH, R., B. B. BABERO, R. V. RAUSCH, AND E. L. SCHILLER. 1956. Studies on the helminth fauna of Alaska. XXVII. The occurrence of larvae of Trichinella spiralis in Alaskan mammals. Journal of Parasitology 42: 259 - 271." type="journal article" year="1956">Rausch et al. 1956</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1DE21D6079BE458E" author="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G." pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="499 - 509" refId="ref26310" refString="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G. 1966 b. Parasites of the Canada lynx, Felis (Lynx) canadensis (Kerr). Canadian Journal of Zoology 44: 499 - 509." type="journal article" year="1966">van Zyll de Jong 1966b</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1B8D1D807ED3458E" author="SCHMIDT, G." box="[1013,1163,1163,1186]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="930" refId="ref23803" refString="SCHMIDT, G., D. 1968. Oncicola canis (Kaupp, 1909) (Acanthocephala) from Felis lynx in Alaska. Journal of Parasitology 54: 930." type="journal article" year="1968">Schmidt 1968</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1CE21D807F0E458E" author="FOREST, T. W. &amp; N. ABOU-MADI &amp; B. A. SUMMERS &amp; S. J. TORNQUIST &amp; B. J. COOPER" box="[1178,1366,1163,1186]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="383 - 387" refId="ref18492" refString="FOREST, T. W., N. ABOU-MADI, B. A. SUMMERS, S. J. TORNQUIST, AND B. J. COOPER. 2000. Sarcocystis neurona - like encephalitis in a Canada lynx (Felis Lynx canadensis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 31: 383 - 387." type="journal article" year="2000">Forest et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1D1E1D80792545EE" author="LABELLE, P." pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="1194 - 1196" refId="ref20130" refString="LABELLE, P., ET AL. 2001. Seroprevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in lynx (Lynx canadensis) and bobcats (Lynx rufus) from Quebec, Canada. The Journal of Parasitology 87: 1194 - 1196." type="journal article" year="2001">Labelle et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1BF71DA07E0E45EE" author="SIMON, A. &amp; M. BIGRAS POULIN &amp; A. N. ROUSSEAU &amp; J. P. DUBEY &amp; N. H. OGDEN" box="[911,1110,1195,1218]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="39 - 48" refId="ref24084" refString="SIMON, A., M. BIGRAS POULIN, A. N. ROUSSEAU, J. P. DUBEY, AND N. H. OGDEN. 2013. Spatiotemporal dynamics of Toxoplasma gondii infections in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) in western Quebec, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 49: 39 - 48." type="journal article" year="2013">Simon et al. 2013</bibRefCitation>
). The nematode
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1D6D1DA07F8F45EE" authorityName="Britov &amp; Boev" authorityYear="1972" box="[1301,1495,1195,1218]" class="Adenophorea" family="Trichinellidae" genus="Trichinella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trichocephalida" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="nativa">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1D6D1DA07F8F45EE" box="[1301,1495,1195,1218]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Trichinella nativa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is widespread in wild
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1C6F1DC07EF145CE" baseAuthorityName="van Zyll de Jong" baseAuthorityYear="1966" box="[1047,1193,1227,1250]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1C6F1DC07EF145CE" box="[1047,1193,1227,1250]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and its prevalence is correlated with age (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1BCB1DE07E2E442E" author="ZARNKE, R. L. &amp; A. A. GAJADHAR &amp; G. B. TIFFIN &amp; J. M. VER HOEF" box="[947,1142,1259,1282]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="314 - 318" refId="ref26175" refString="ZARNKE, R. L., A. A. GAJADHAR, G. B. TIFFIN, AND J. M. VER HOEF. 1995. Prevalence of Trichinella native in lynx (Felis lynx) from Alaska, 1988 - 1993. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 31: 314 - 318." type="journal article" year="1995">Zarnke et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1CF41DE07F78442E" baseAuthorityName="van Zyll de Jong" baseAuthorityYear="1966" box="[1164,1312,1259,1282]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1CF41DE07F78442E" box="[1164,1312,1259,1282]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be infected by ectoparasites such as fleas and louse (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1C941C007FDD440E" author="HOPKINS, G. H. E." box="[1260,1413,1291,1314]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="75 - 95" refId="ref19182" refString="HOPKINS, G. H. E. 1960. Notes on some mallophaga from mammals. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 10: 75 - 95." type="journal article" year="1960">Hopkins 1960</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1DEF1C0079BF446E" author="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G." pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="499 - 509" refId="ref26310" refString="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G. 1966 b. Parasites of the Canada lynx, Felis (Lynx) canadensis (Kerr). Canadian Journal of Zoology 44: 499 - 509." type="journal article" year="1966">van Zyll de Jong 1966b</bibRefCitation>
). The low occurrence of fleas may be related to
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1B301C407986444E" box="[840,990,1355,1378]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
behavior which, instead of using dens regularly, beds on snowshoe hare trails (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1CF21C607FDC44AE" author="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G." box="[1162,1412,1387,1410]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="499 - 509" refId="ref26310" refString="VAN ZYLL DE JONG, C. G. 1966 b. Parasites of the Canada lynx, Felis (Lynx) canadensis (Kerr). Canadian Journal of Zoology 44: 499 - 509." type="journal article" year="1966">van Zyll de Jong 1966b</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF6DFFBB1B0B1C807E35468E" blockId="9.[840,1523,203,1954]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1B0B1C807ECA448F" bold="true" box="[883,1170,1419,1443]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">Interspecific interactions.</emphasis>
—Where both species co-occur, exploitation competition may occur between
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1D311CA07F9944EE" box="[1353,1473,1451,1474]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">
Lynx
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1DF11CA07F9944EE" box="[1417,1473,1451,1474]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Leopardus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufus">rufus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1B301CC07E8A44CE" authority="(Buskirk et al. 2000)" baseAuthorityName="Buskirk" baseAuthorityYear="2000" box="[840,1234,1483,1506]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1B301CC0790F44CE" box="[840,855,1483,1506]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1B1F1CC079B844CE" box="[871,992,1483,1506]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">canadensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1B8B1CC07E9144CE" author="BUSKIRK, S. W. &amp; L. F. RUGGIERO &amp; C. J. KREBS" box="[1011,1225,1483,1506]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" refId="ref17522" refString="BUSKIRK, S. W., L. F. RUGGIERO, AND C. J. KREBS. 2000. Habitat fragmentation and interspecific competition: implications for lynx conservation. Pp. 83 - 100 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Buskirk et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
because the diets of both predators include snowshoe hares.
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1CA91CE07F32472E" box="[1233,1386,1515,1538]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1CA91CE07F32472E" box="[1233,1386,1515,1538]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
populations may decline when
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1C491F007ED7470E" box="[1073,1167,1547,1570]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Leopardus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1C491F007E18470E" box="[1073,1088,1547,1570]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1C2F1F007ED7470E" box="[1111,1167,1547,1570]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
populations increase (de Vos and Matel 1952;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1C6F1F207EB5476E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[1047,1261,1579,1602]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1D7B1F207FBB476E" author="HOVING, C. L. &amp; R. A. JOSEPH &amp; W. B. KROHN" box="[1283,1507,1579,1602]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="363 - 382" refId="ref19323" refString="HOVING, C. L., R. A. JOSEPH, AND W. B. KROHN. 2003. Recent and historical distributions of Canada lynx in Maine and the northeast. Northeastern Naturalist 10: 363 - 382." type="journal article" year="2003">Hoving et al. 2003</bibRefCitation>
). Furthermore, exploitation competition may occur between
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1B301F60798547AE" box="[840,989,1643,1666]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1B301F60798547AE" box="[840,989,1643,1666]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and birds of prey or coyote (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1D6D1F607FBB47AE" author="BUSKIRK, S. W. &amp; L. F. RUGGIERO &amp; C. J. KREBS" box="[1301,1507,1643,1666]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" refId="ref17522" refString="BUSKIRK, S. W., L. F. RUGGIERO, AND C. J. KREBS. 2000. Habitat fragmentation and interspecific competition: implications for lynx conservation. Pp. 83 - 100 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Buskirk et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
). However,
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1BC01F807E16478E" box="[952,1102,1675,1698]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1BC01F807E16478E" box="[952,1102,1675,1698]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is positively associated with the presence of large canids such as wolf (Litvaitis and Harrison 1989) as they may dampen coyote populations (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1D691FC07FBB47CE" author="BUSKIRK, S. W. &amp; L. F. RUGGIERO &amp; C. J. KREBS" box="[1297,1507,1739,1762]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" refId="ref17522" refString="BUSKIRK, S. W., L. F. RUGGIERO, AND C. J. KREBS. 2000. Habitat fragmentation and interspecific competition: implications for lynx conservation. Pp. 83 - 100 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Buskirk et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1B301FE079BB462E" box="[840,995,1771,1794]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1B301FE079BB462E" box="[840,995,1771,1794]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be affected by human activity and roads that provide access to generalist predators (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1D511E007FB3460E" author="AUBRY, K. B. &amp; G. M. KOEHLER &amp; J. R. SQUIRES" box="[1321,1515,1803,1826]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" refId="ref16632" refString="AUBRY, K. B., G. M. KOEHLER, AND, J. R. SQUIRES. 2000. Ecology of Canada lynx in southern boreal forests. Pp. 373 - 396 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Aubry et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1B301E207E58466E" author="BAYNE, E. M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; R. A. MOSES" box="[840,1024,1835,1858]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="1189 - 1197" refId="ref16839" refString="BAYNE, E. M., S. BOUTIN, AND R. A. MOSES. 2008. Ecological factors influencing the spatial pattern of Canada lynx relative to its southern range edge in Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 1189 - 1197." type="journal article" year="2008">Bayne et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
), competition with
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6DFFBB1CAA1E207F7D466E" box="[1234,1317,1835,1858]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Leopardus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufus">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1CAA1E207EB9466E" box="[1234,1249,1835,1858]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6DFFBB1C951E207F7D466E" box="[1261,1317,1835,1858]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="145">rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or other carnivores (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1C4C1E407EAE464E" author="BAYNE, E. M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; R. A. MOSES" box="[1076,1270,1867,1890]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" pagination="1189 - 1197" refId="ref16839" refString="BAYNE, E. M., S. BOUTIN, AND R. A. MOSES. 2008. Ecological factors influencing the spatial pattern of Canada lynx relative to its southern range edge in Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 1189 - 1197." type="journal article" year="2008">Bayne et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
), and changes in landscape features facilitating generalist predators (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1D1F1E607926468E" author="AUBRY, K. B. &amp; G. M. KOEHLER &amp; J. R. SQUIRES" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" refId="ref16632" refString="AUBRY, K. B., G. M. KOEHLER, AND, J. R. SQUIRES. 2000. Ecology of Canada lynx in southern boreal forests. Pp. 373 - 396 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Aubry et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6DFFBB1BF51E807E05468E" author="BUSKIRK, S. W. &amp; L. F. RUGGIERO &amp; C. J. KREBS" box="[909,1117,1931,1954]" pageId="9" pageNumber="145" refId="ref17522" refString="BUSKIRK, S. W., L. F. RUGGIERO, AND C. J. KREBS. 2000. Habitat fragmentation and interspecific competition: implications for lynx conservation. Pp. 83 - 100 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Buskirk et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF6EFFB818E019C078BF436E" blockId="10.[109,793,203,1730]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB818E019C07B6341CF" bold="true" box="[152,315,203,227]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">Miscellaneous.</emphasis>
—Presence of
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB8198C19C078E841CE" box="[500,688,203,226]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">
Lynx
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can be detected via DNA analysis of hairs (
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;
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;
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) or during winter via snowtracking (Koehler 1990; Koehler and Brittell 1990).
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is considered easy to capture, and can be harvested with kill-type traps, snares, or restraining traps (
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;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB818CB18807B23408E" author="MOWAT, G. &amp; B. G. SLOUGH &amp; R. RIVARD" box="[179,379,395,418]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="644 - 650" refId="ref21581" refString="MOWAT, G., B. G. SLOUGH, AND R. RIVARD. 1994. A comparison of three live capturing devises for lynx: capture efficiency and injuries. Wildlife Society Bulletin 22: 644 - 650." type="journal article" year="1994">Mowat et al. 1994</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB819F418807808408E" author="PROULX, G. &amp; A. J. KOLENOSKY &amp; P. J. COLE &amp; R. K. DRESCHER" box="[396,592,395,418]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="57 - 61" refId="ref22950" refString="PROULX, G., A. J. KOLENOSKY, P. J. COLE, AND R. K. DRESCHER. 1995. A humane killing trap for lynx (Felis lynx): the Conibear 330 ™ with clamping bars. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 31: 57 - 61." type="journal article" year="1995">Proulx et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81A11188078A5408E" box="[617,765,395,418]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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is attracted by flesh bait such as meat of snowshoe hares, beaver (
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB8180E18C07B6140CE" box="[118,313,459,482]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">Castor canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), or game birds, and lured with scents such as catnip oil (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB818A718E07BE5432E" author="MCDANIEL, G. W. &amp; K. S. MCKELVEY &amp; J. R. SQUIRES &amp; L. R. RUGGIERO" box="[223,445,491,514]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="119 - 123" refId="ref20580" refString="MCDANIEL, G. W., K. S. MCKELVEY, J. R. SQUIRES, AND L. R. RUGGIERO. 2000. Efficacy of lures and hair snares to detect lynx. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28: 119 - 123." type="journal article" year="2000">McDaniel et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
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may be captured incidentally in traps set for red fox, coyote, American marten, or fisher (de Vos and Matel 1952; Quinn and Thompson 1987).
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Lynx
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has long been prized for its soft and valuable fur, and wherever it is common,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81A781B6078CA43AE" box="[512,658,619,642]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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is harvested for its pelt (Quinn and Thompson 1987;
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). It has been harvested for fur since 1700 and before the 20th century, a distinction between
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and
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.
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was not always made. The highest number of
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harvested was reached in 1867 with a total of 95,801 individuals. The average pelt price in
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has fluctuated greatly, decreasing from $
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1943 1944 to $
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19531954 before increasing from $
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1970 1971 to $
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19781979 (
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). The meat of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB818151A807AA4428E" box="[109,252,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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is succulent and highly prized locally (
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).
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Age and sex structure of the harvest can be changed by modifying the period of the open harvest season (Quinn and Thompson 1985). Two strategies have been suggested to manage
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: first, its tracking strategy suggests limiting or eliminating trapping for a period of 34 years during periods of low snowshoe hare density (second year after the peak in harvest—Parker et al. 1983; Ward and Krebs 1985;
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1994
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) to allow greater harvest during peak (Brand and Keith 1979). The second strategy consists of maintaining untrapped refugium all year long or at least during periods of low snowshoe hare density (Ward and Krebs 1985;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB819E71DE07805442E" author="BAILEY, T. N. &amp; E. E. BANGS &amp; M. R. PORTNER &amp; J. C. MALLOY &amp; R. J. MCAVINCHEY" box="[415,605,1259,1282]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="279 - 290" refId="ref16701" refString="BAILEY, T. N., E. E. BANGS, M. R. PORTNER, J. C. MALLOY, AND R. J. MCAVINCHEY. 1986. An apparent overexploited lynx population on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 50: 279 - 290." type="journal article" year="1986">Bailey et al. 1986</bibRefCitation>
) without suspension of trapping (
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1994
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).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB819BA1C00780F440E" box="[450,599,1291,1314]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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harvest may also be regulated by quotas (Quinn and Thompson 1987). Managers should monitor
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB819631C407B72444E" box="[283,298,1355,1378]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">L</emphasis>
.
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recruitment instead of snowshoe hare trends to make decisions (
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) which can be done using the total length of the pelt measured from tip of nose to base of tail (Quinn and Gardner 1984).
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
may be aged by tooth replacement and cranial characteristics (
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), tooth cementum layers (
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; Chubbs and Phillips 1993), or ossification of epiphyseal plates of long bones (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB819A21F207822476E" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[474,634,1579,1602]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="36 - 47" refId="ref23718" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1964. Physical characteristics of the Newfoundland lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 45: 36 - 47." type="journal article" year="1964">Saunders 1964</bibRefCitation>
). Kittens may be differentiated from yearlings and adults by the presence of an apical root foramen in canines (
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) or by the total length of the pelt, measured from tip of nose to base of tail (&lt;81 cm—Quinn and Gardner 1984).
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Recommended minimum enclosure size per
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Lynx
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is 4 by 2 by
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(l by w by h) and floor area should be increased by 50% for each additional cat (
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). Individuals should have access to at least 75% of the vertical space (
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) along with several hiding locations (Fanson and Wielebnowski 2013). Clawing activity should be stimulated by providing rotting logs in the enclosure (
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). Feeding
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81D6418207F73406E" box="[1308,1323,299,322]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81D4F18207FF3406E" box="[1335,1451,299,322]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
2 days per week with bones with meat attached, helps stimulate teeth and gums; fasting days are not recommended (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81D7A18607FDF40AE" author="MELLEN, J. D." box="[1282,1415,363,386]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" refId="ref20952" refString="MELLEN, J. D. 1997. Minimum husbandry guidelines for mammals: small felids. American Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Silver Spring, MD." type="book" year="1997">Mellen 1997</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF6EFFB81B0B18807F0F432E" blockId="10.[840,1523,203,1122]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">
In captivity,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81C7318807EFF408E" box="[1035,1191,395,418]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
seems less likely to reproduce when maintained in groups larger than as a pair (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81DDF18A0792540CE" author="MELLEN, J. D." pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="95 - 110" refId="ref20916" refString="MELLEN, J. D. 1991. Factors influencing reproductive success in small captive exotic felids (Felis spp.): a multiple regression analysis. Zoo Biology 10: 95 - 110." type="journal article" year="1991">Mellen 1991</bibRefCitation>
). However, interactions between the cats and their keepers increased successful reproduction (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81CC718E07F1F432E" author="MELLEN, J. D." box="[1215,1351,491,514]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="95 - 110" refId="ref20916" refString="MELLEN, J. D. 1991. Factors influencing reproductive success in small captive exotic felids (Felis spp.): a multiple regression analysis. Zoo Biology 10: 95 - 110." type="journal article" year="1991">Mellen 1991</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF6EFFB81B0B1B007E5D43CE" blockId="10.[840,1523,203,1122]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">Captive born kittens should never be intentionally handreared but if done, they should remain with their mother until at least 810 days of age (Edwards and Hawes 1997; P. Andrews, in litt.). Kittens can be feed with commercial milk replacers and electrolytes can be given to weak neonates (P. Andrews, in litt.). Solid food can be gradually introduced at 78 weeks (P. Andrews, in litt.).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF6EFFB81B0B1BE07FB2454E" blockId="10.[840,1523,203,1122]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">
For research,
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6EFFB81C7E1BE07EC1422E" box="[1030,1177,747,770]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81C7E1BE07EC1422E" box="[1030,1177,747,770]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be chemically immobilized using ketamine (Ward and Krebs 1985; Koehler 1990), phencyclidine hydrochloride (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81C461A207EE5426E" author="BERRIE, P. M." box="[1086,1213,811,834]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="994 - 996" refId="ref17001" refString="BERRIE, P. M. 1972. Sex differences in response to phencyclidine hydrochloride in lynx. Journal of Wildlife Management 36: 994 - 996." type="journal article" year="1972">Berrie 1972</bibRefCitation>
), a mixture of ketamine and xylazine (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81BC91A407E20424E" author="SQUIRES, J. R. &amp; K. S. MCKELVEY &amp; L. F. RUGGIERO" box="[945,1144,843,866]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="583 - 589" refId="ref24484" refString="SQUIRES, J. R., K. S. MCKELVEY, AND L. F. RUGGIERO. 2004. A snowtracking protocol used to delineate local lynx, Lynx canadensis, distributions. Canadian-Field Naturalist 118: 583 - 589." type="journal article" year="2004">Squires et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81CFF1A407F16424E" author="BURDETT, C. L. &amp; R. A. MOEN &amp; G. J. NIEMI &amp; L. D. MECH" box="[1159,1358,843,866]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="457 - 467" refId="ref17471" refString="BURDETT, C. L., R. A. MOEN, G. J. NIEMI, AND L. D. MECH. 2007. Defining space use and movements of Canada lynx with global positioning system telemetry. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 457 - 467." type="journal article" year="2007">Burdett et al. 2007</bibRefCitation>
), ketamine and medetomidine (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81B8B1A607E8842AE" author="ROCKHILL, A. P. &amp; S. K. CHINNADURAI &amp; R. A. POWELL &amp; C. S. DEPERNO" box="[1011,1232,875,898]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="580 - 585" refId="ref23384" refString="ROCKHILL, A. P., S. K. CHINNADURAI, R. A. POWELL, AND C. S. DEPERNO. 2011. A comparison of two field chemical immobilization techniques for Bobcats (Lynx rufus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 42: 580 - 585." type="journal article" year="2011">Rockhill et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
), tiletamine hydrochloride and zolazepam hydrochloride (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81CF51A807F66428E" author="POOLE, K. G. &amp; G. MOWAT &amp; B. G. SLOUGH" box="[1165,1342,907,930]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="136 - 140" refId="ref22800" refString="POOLE, K. G., G. MOWAT, AND B. G. SLOUGH. 1993. Chemical immobilization of lynx. Wildlife Society Bulletin 22: 136 - 140." type="journal article" year="1993">
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et al. 1993
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81D301A807F25428E" author="POOLE, K. G. &amp; B. T. ELKIN &amp; T. PISZ &amp; K. E. ELKIN &amp; D. ROBERTSON &amp; M. L. SABOURIN" box="[1352,1405,907,930]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="365 - 368" refId="ref22740" refString="POOLE, K. G., B. T. ELKIN, T. PISZ, K. E. ELKIN, D. ROBERTSON, AND M. L. SABOURIN. 1998. Surgical plating of a fractured radius and ulna in a wild Canada lynx. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34: 365 - 368." type="journal article" year="1998">1998</bibRefCitation>
), ketamine hydrochloride and midazolam hydrochloride (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81D551AA07FBB42EE" author="FOREST, T. W. &amp; N. ABOU-MADI &amp; B. A. SUMMERS &amp; S. J. TORNQUIST &amp; B. J. COOPER" box="[1325,1507,939,962]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="383 - 387" refId="ref18492" refString="FOREST, T. W., N. ABOU-MADI, B. A. SUMMERS, S. J. TORNQUIST, AND B. J. COOPER. 2000. Sarcocystis neurona - like encephalitis in a Canada lynx (Felis Lynx canadensis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 31: 383 - 387." type="journal article" year="2000">Forest et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
), or phencyclidine hydrochloride and promazine hydrochloride (Carbyn and Patriquin 1983).
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6EFFB81CE91AE07F7D452E" box="[1169,1317,1003,1026]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81CE91AE07F7D452E" box="[1169,1317,1003,1026]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be euthanized with yohimbine (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81B871D007EEB450E" author="GREER, L. L. &amp; M. TROUTMAN &amp; M. D. MCCRACKEN &amp; E. C. RAMSAY" box="[1023,1203,1035,1058]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="287 - 291" refId="ref18818" refString="GREER, L. L., M. TROUTMAN, M. D. MCCRACKEN, AND E. C. RAMSAY. 2003. Adult-onset hypothyroidism in a lynx (Lynx canadensis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 34: 287 - 291." type="journal article" year="2003">Greer et al. 2003</bibRefCitation>
) or pentobarbital (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81D031D007925456E" author="POOLE, K. G. &amp; B. T. ELKIN &amp; T. PISZ &amp; K. E. ELKIN &amp; D. ROBERTSON &amp; M. L. SABOURIN" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="365 - 368" refId="ref22740" refString="POOLE, K. G., B. T. ELKIN, T. PISZ, K. E. ELKIN, D. ROBERTSON, AND M. L. SABOURIN. 1998. Surgical plating of a fractured radius and ulna in a wild Canada lynx. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34: 365 - 368." type="journal article" year="1998">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6EFFB81D031D007FEF450E" box="[1403,1463,1035,1058]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">Poole</collectingRegion>
et al. 1998
</bibRefCitation>
). Vaccination with porcine zone pellucida does not work for contraception in captive
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6EFFB81C331D407FBE454E" authority="(Harrenstien et al. 2004)" baseAuthorityName="Harrenstien" baseAuthorityYear="2004" box="[1099,1510,1099,1122]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81C331D407E83454E" box="[1099,1243,1099,1122]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">L. canadensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81C931D407F83454E" author="HARRENSTIEN, L. A. &amp; L. MUNSON &amp; L. M. CHASSY &amp; I. K. M. LIU &amp; J. F. KIRKPATRICK" box="[1259,1499,1099,1122]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="271 - 279" refId="ref18945" refString="HARRENSTIEN, L. A., L. MUNSON, L. M. CHASSY, I. K. M. LIU, AND J. F. KIRKPATRICK. 2004. Effects of porcine zona pellucida immunocontraceptives in zoo felids. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 35: 271 - 279." type="journal article" year="2004">Harrenstien et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSection>
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<paragraph id="357B368EDF6EFFB81C281DAA7EB34597" blockId="10.[1104,1259,1185,1211]" box="[1104,1259,1185,1211]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81C281DAA7EB34597" bold="true" box="[1104,1259,1185,1211]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">BEHAVIOR</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF6EFFB81B0B1DEF7FB94770" blockId="10.[840,1523,1252,1948]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81B0B1DEF7F4145D0" box="[883,1305,1252,1276]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81B0B1DEF7E1445D0" bold="true" box="[883,1100,1252,1276]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">Grouping behavior.</emphasis>
—Lynx
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6EFFB81CD81DEE7F4145D0" box="[1184,1305,1253,1276]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">canadensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
is generally solitary except mother-kit groups (Carbyn and Patriquin 1983;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81DD41C0E79E04410" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
; Mowat and
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6EFFB81C3D1C2E7ECA4410" box="[1093,1170,1317,1340]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">Slough</collectingRegion>
1998). Hunting groups are more efficient in killing snowshoe hares (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81CAB1C4E7FB24470" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[1235,1514,1349,1372]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="169 - 183" refId="ref21982" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 a. Behavioural responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 82: 169 - 183." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998a</bibRefCitation>
) and success increases with group size (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81C9F1C6E7FF94450" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[1255,1441,1381,1404]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
). Adult groups of 25 individuals occur especially, during low snowshoe hare densities (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81C4B1CAE7E984490" author="BARASH, D. P." box="[1075,1216,1445,1468]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="480" refId="ref16818" refString="BARASH, D. P. 1971. Cooperative hunting in the lynx. Journal of Mammalogy 52: 480." type="journal article" year="1971">Barash 1971</bibRefCitation>
; Mowat and
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1998;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81B301CCE7E0344F0" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[840,1115,1477,1500]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="169 - 183" refId="ref21982" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 a. Behavioural responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 82: 169 - 183." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998a</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF6EFFB81C0A1CCE7F5044F0" box="[1138,1288,1477,1500]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81C0A1CCE7F5044F0" box="[1138,1288,1477,1500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
groups usually travel single file in areas where prey are scarce and spread apart when entering habitat with an abundance of prey (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81D421F0E7FB34730" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[1338,1515,1541,1564]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="384 - 390" refId="ref23689" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 b. Food habits of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 384 - 390." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963b</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81B301F2E7E564710" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[840,1038,1573,1596]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
). During hunting, individuals fan out up to
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apart and reunite after a kill (Mowat and
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1998).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81B0B1F6F7F024750" box="[883,1370,1636,1660]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6EFFB81B0B1F6F7ED84750" bold="true" box="[883,1152,1636,1660]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">Reproductive behavior.</emphasis>
—Lynx
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</emphasis>
kittens stay with their mother generally until the next breeding season (Carbyn and Patriquin 1983). Kittens spend a lot of time playing (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81BD21FCE7E0F47F0" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[938,1111,1733,1756]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="390 - 400" refId="ref23659" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 a. Movement and activities of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 390 - 400." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963a</bibRefCitation>
) and related females maintain a bond (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81B291FEE7E3147D0" author="BREITENMOSER, U. &amp; B. G. SLOUGH &amp; C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN" box="[849,1129,1765,1788]" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="551 - 554" refId="ref17353" refString="BREITENMOSER, U., B. G. SLOUGH, AND C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN. 1993. Predators of cyclic prey: is the Canada lynx victim or profiteer of the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 66: 551 - 554." type="journal article" year="1993">Breitenmoser et al. 1993</bibRefCitation>
;
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6EFFB81C051FEE7E9247D0" box="[1149,1226,1765,1788]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">Slough</collectingRegion>
and Mowat 1996; Mowat and
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6EFFB81B0E1E0E799B4630" box="[886,963,1797,1820]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">Slough</collectingRegion>
1998). Litter mates may stay together after leaving their mother (Mowat and
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6EFFB81C151E2E7EE24610" box="[1133,1210,1829,1852]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">Slough</collectingRegion>
1998) but female offspring tend to remain within their mothers home range while young males disperse away from their mothers area (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6EFFB81D181E6E799F46B0" author="BREITENMOSER, U. &amp; B. G. SLOUGH &amp; C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN" pageId="10" pageNumber="146" pagination="551 - 554" refId="ref17353" refString="BREITENMOSER, U., B. G. SLOUGH, AND C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN. 1993. Predators of cyclic prey: is the Canada lynx victim or profiteer of the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 66: 551 - 554." type="journal article" year="1993">Breitenmoser et al. 1993</bibRefCitation>
;
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6EFFB81BA51E8E7E7246B0" box="[989,1066,1925,1948]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="10" pageNumber="146">Slough</collectingRegion>
and Mowat 1996). Female kittens can even stay with their mother if the mother has given birth again (Mowat and
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6FFFB9188219E07B1F402E" box="[250,327,235,258]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">Slough</collectingRegion>
1998). After a snowshoe hare crash, male and female offspring are tolerated in the mothers home range (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB9180E18207BD3406E" author="BREITENMOSER, U. &amp; B. G. SLOUGH &amp; C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN" box="[118,395,299,322]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="551 - 554" refId="ref17353" refString="BREITENMOSER, U., B. G. SLOUGH, AND C. BREITENMOSER-WuRSTEN. 1993. Predators of cyclic prey: is the Canada lynx victim or profiteer of the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 66: 551 - 554." type="journal article" year="1993">Breitenmoser et al. 1993</bibRefCitation>
;
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6FFFB919E418207BB1406E" box="[412,489,299,322]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">Slough</collectingRegion>
and Mowat 1996). Kittens have been observed to disperse in March (Quinn and Thompson 1985;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB918CB18607B7740AE" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[179,303,363,386]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="632 - 641" refId="ref22659" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1995. Spatial organisation of a lynx population. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 632 - 641." type="journal article" year="1995">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6FFFB918CB18607AA940AE" box="[179,241,363,386]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">Poole</collectingRegion>
1995
</bibRefCitation>
), April (
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), May, October, and November (
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1997
</bibRefCitation>
). Kittens generally disperse 25 weeks before their first birthday (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB9199A18A0780640EE" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[482,606,427,450]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="632 - 641" refId="ref22659" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1995. Spatial organisation of a lynx population. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 632 - 641." type="journal article" year="1995">
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1995
</bibRefCitation>
) and the earliest kitten dispersal was at 10 months of age (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB91A3018C0794840CE" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[584,784,459,482]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB9181518E07B1B432E" author="MOWAT, G. &amp; B. G. SLOUGH &amp; S. BOUTIN" box="[109,323,491,514]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="441 - 452" refId="ref21538" refString="MOWAT, G., B. G. SLOUGH, AND S. BOUTIN. 1996 b. Lynx recruitment during a snowshoe hare population peak and decline in southwest Yukon. Journal of Wildlife Management 60: 441 - 452." type="journal article" year="1996">Mowat et al. 1996b</bibRefCitation>
;
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and Mowat 1996) while the latest was at 17 months old (
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1997
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB918E01B207B0A436F" bold="true" box="[152,338,555,579]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">Communication.</emphasis>
—Adult
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
mark their home ranges using feces, sprayed urine, or anal secretions (
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). Urine scent marks are made every
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(
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). Kittens bury scat, contrary to adults (
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).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB918151BA07B5443EE" box="[109,268,683,706]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also communicate by using three different vocalizations: long wailing calls during the mating period (MarchApril), warning growls when captured, or 510 short barks when in family groups (Mowat and
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1998).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB918E01A207BEF426F" bold="true" box="[152,439,811,835]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">Miscellaneous behavior.</emphasis>
—Hunting behavior of
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB91A9C1A207ABE424E" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">
Lynx
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</emphasis>
varies according to snowshoe hare densities. During snowshoe hare abundance,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB919E11A60786842AE" box="[409,560,875,898]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
uses more snowshoe hare trails and kills more than required (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB91A3D1A807AE842EE" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="169 - 183" refId="ref21982" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 a. Behavioural responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 82: 169 - 183." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998a</bibRefCitation>
,
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).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB9196C1AA07BF042EE" box="[276,424,939,962]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may cache snowshoe hares during years of great abundance (Nellis and Keith 1968) and return to caches within 2 days (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB919241AE07836452E" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; G. ZULETA &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[348,622,1003,1026]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="1193 - 1208" refId="ref22032" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, G. ZULETA, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 b. Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Ecology 79: 1193 - 1208." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998b</bibRefCitation>
). During snowshoe hare decline,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB9193B1D007B84450E" box="[323,476,1035,1058]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not increase its active time (
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) but may increase its foraging time and concentrate its foraging effort in areas of high snowshoe hare densities (Ward and Krebs 1985). During a decline,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB918151D807B5A458E" box="[109,258,1163,1186]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
uses four times more hunting beds (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB91AF21D807AB345EE" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="169 - 183" refId="ref21982" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 a. Behavioural responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 82: 169 - 183." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998a</bibRefCitation>
) and chases are longer (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB9198C1DA0795045EE" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; G. ZULETA &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; E. J. HOFER" box="[500,776,1195,1218]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="1193 - 1208" refId="ref22032" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, G. ZULETA, D. L. MURRAY, AND E. J. HOFER. 1998 b. Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Ecology 79: 1193 - 1208." type="journal article" year="1998">ODonoghue et al. 1998b</bibRefCitation>
). During declines in snowshoe hare density,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB91A331DC078BB45CE" box="[587,739,1227,1250]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also expands its home range (Ward and Krebs 1985) and becomes more territorial (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB919591C007BAA440E" author="STENSETH, N. C. &amp; W. FALCK &amp; O. N. BJORNSTAD &amp; C. J. KREBS" box="[289,498,1291,1314]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="5147 - 5152" refId="ref24731" refString="STENSETH, N. C., W. FALCK, O. N. BJORNSTAD, AND C. J. KREBS. 1997. Population regulation in snowshoe hare and Canadian lynx: asymmetric food web configuration between hare and lynx. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 94: 5147 - 5152." type="journal article" year="1997">Stenseth et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
). However, below a certain density of snowshoe hares,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB919D31C20781D446E" box="[427,581,1323,1346]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
becomes nomadic and concentrates in abundant snowshoe hare pockets (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB91ACB1C407AFB44AE" author="BERGERUD, A. T." pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="3 - 55" refId="ref16948" refString="BERGERUD, A. T. 1971. The population dynamics of Newfoundland caribou. Wildlife Monographs 25: 3 - 55." type="journal article" year="1971">Bergerud 1971</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB918CC1C607B2B44AE" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" box="[180,371,1387,1410]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
; Ward and Krebs 1985) or where carrion is abundant (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB919511C807B8F448E" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[297,471,1419,1442]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="384 - 390" refId="ref23689" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 b. Food habits of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 384 - 390." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963b</bibRefCitation>
). They also become more tolerant of others (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB9195A1CA07BBD44EE" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" box="[290,485,1451,1474]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
). Most adult
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB91AF81CA0794044EE" box="[640,792,1451,1474]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
disperse in the first two winters after snowshoe hare population decline (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB918851CE07B20472E" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[253,376,1515,1538]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="497 - 505" refId="ref22684" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1997. Dispersal patterns of lynx in the Northwest Territories. Journal of Wildlife Management 61: 497 - 505." type="journal article" year="1997">
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6FFFB918851CE07B63472E" box="[253,315,1515,1538]" country="United Kingdom" name="Poole" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">Poole</collectingRegion>
1997
</bibRefCitation>
). During that time, its physical condition deteriorates (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB919491F007BAC470E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[305,500,1547,1570]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
), leading to reduction and complete cessation in reproduction (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB91A7C1F20789D476E" author="NELLIS, C. H. &amp; S. P. WETMORE &amp; L. B. KEITH" box="[516,709,1579,1602]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="320 - 329" refId="ref21863" refString="NELLIS, C. H., S. P. WETMORE, AND L. B. KEITH. 1972. Lynx-prey interactions in central Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 36: 320 - 329." type="journal article" year="1972">Nellis et al. 1972</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB91AAE1F207A86474E" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
). At the end of the second winter of declining snowshoe hare number, most of the remaining
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB91A3C1F60788447AE" box="[580,732,1643,1666]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have died (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB918D41F807B7F478E" author="POOLE, K. G." box="[172,295,1675,1698]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="608 - 618" refId="ref22629" refString="POOLE, K. G. 1994. Characteristics of an unharvested lynx population during a snowshoe hare decline. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 608 - 618." type="journal article" year="1994">
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1994
</bibRefCitation>
;
<collectingRegion id="F700F86CDF6FFFB9194E1F807BDB478E" box="[310,387,1675,1698]" country="United Kingdom" name="Slough" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">Slough</collectingRegion>
and Mowat 1996;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB91A371F807AFB47EE" author="O'DONOGHUE, M. &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; C. J. KREBS &amp; E. J. HOFER" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="150 - 162" refId="ref21939" refString="O'DONOGHUE, M., S. BOUTIN, C. J. KREBS, AND E. J. HOFER. 1997. Numerical responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 80: 150 - 162." type="journal article" year="1997">ODonoghue et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
). During periods of declining
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF6FFFB91A721FA078FD47EE" box="[522,677,1707,1730]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="147">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
densities, trapping vulnerability (Ward and Krebs 1985) and starvation increase (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB918A21FE07BC7462E" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" box="[218,415,1771,1794]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF6FFFB919C91FE07822462E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[433,634,1771,1794]" pageId="11" pageNumber="147" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
) while cannibalism may appear (Mowat and
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1998).
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Morphology and hunting behavior of
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.
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is specialized for snowshoe hares (
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) and it is an efficient predator because of the lower foot-load of hares (Murray and Boutin 1991). It hunts primarily by sight but also by sound (
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,
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).
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.
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hunts snowshoe hares by stalking, ambushing (
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;
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; Squires and Ruggiero 2007), following snowshoe hare runways, concentrating movements or using waiting beds (
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).
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uses the ambushing method more when the canopy is dense and the stalking method in sparse cover (
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). When
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enters snowshoe hare habitat it travels in a more sinuous pattern (
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).
</paragraph>
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After stalking as close as possible to its prey,
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usually covers the remaining distance with powerful bounds. The number of jumps depends on the species of prey pursued, the capture success, or the prey density (Nellis and Keith 1968; Squires and Ruggiero 2007). It can make up to 14 jumps to capture its prey (
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). The distance between two jumps varies between 1.0 m (
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) and
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(Squires and Ruggiero 2007).
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Lynx
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hunting success varies according to many factors. When hunting snowshoe hares,
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has better success when ambushing than stalking (
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). The distance from the snowshoe hare at the beginning of the chase is an important factor for successful kills (Nellis and Keith 1968). Length of the chase also influences hunting success. Unsuccessful chases are longer than successful ones (
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).
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chases snowshoe hares
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but successful chases seldom exceed
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(
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;
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; Squires and Ruggiero 2007). Consistency of the snow and sinking depth are also related to the success of the hunt (Nellis and Keith 1968; Murray and Boutin 1991;
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). Successful kills are influenced by the
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.
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age and its knowledge of the area (Nellis and Keith 1968) or with the season, increasing during winter (
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). Success also varies according to the snowshoe hare cycle, with success being lower during periods of increasing snowshoe hare densities as surviving
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become skilled at hunting alternative prey species during the low phase and there is a lag before it switches back to its main prey (
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). However, hunting success is more dependent on hunting conditions than snowshoe hare abundance (
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) and is similar among habitats and vegetative cover (
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,
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).
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
hunting success varied from 8% to 36% in
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(Nellis and Keith 1968;
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), 42% in Newfoundland (
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), and from 20.0% to 38.8% in
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(
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;
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;
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). During increasing and peaking snowshoe hare densities,
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is more successful from hunting beds (46%) than not from beds (27%—
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).
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kills on average every
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traveled per night (
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) ranging from
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(Nellis and Keith 1968).
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Lynx
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hunts larger animals in various ways. It approaches bedded white-tailed deer and then rushes to subdue and kill (
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). Wounded deer may be followed until later captured and killed (
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).
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ambushes caribou and then bites on the head, neck, or shoulders (
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). It attacks mule deer by stalking and biting the neck
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behind the ears (
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).
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first feeds on big game by starting on the neck, then moving to the shoulders and rib cage, and finally consuming the haunches and internal organs (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE192A18207840406E" author="POSZIG, D. &amp; C. D. APPS &amp; A. DIBB" box="[338,536,299,322]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="191 - 194" refId="ref22875" refString="POSZIG, D., C. D. APPS, AND A. DIBB. 2004. Predation on two mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, by a Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis, in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains. Canadian Field-Naturalist 118: 191 - 194." type="journal article" year="2004">Poszig et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
). It may drag ungulate carcasses before eating (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE190A18407877404E" author="POSZIG, D. &amp; C. D. APPS &amp; A. DIBB" box="[370,559,331,354]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="191 - 194" refId="ref22875" refString="POSZIG, D., C. D. APPS, AND A. DIBB. 2004. Predation on two mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, by a Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis, in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains. Canadian Field-Naturalist 118: 191 - 194." type="journal article" year="2004">Poszig et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
). Extent of consumption of prey was related to the time between kills rather than prey abundance (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE189618807BF1408E" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[238,425,395,418]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
uses ambush beds that consist of loosely packed and ice-encrusted snow (
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). Beds may be separated by only
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(
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) and are at a density between 5.1 and 18.4 beds along a 10-km trail (
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). Ambush beds of
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are usually closer than
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from the starting point of the chase (
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).
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</taxonomicName>
also makes resting beds near recent snowshoe hare activity (
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).
</paragraph>
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
can use snowshoe hare runways to travel (Keith and Meslow 1966). They usually use harder and shallower snow to walk (Murray and Boutin 1991) but may be negatively impacted by snowmobile tracks as they give a competitive advantage to the coyote (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE19421A20785E426E" author="BUNNELL, K. D. &amp; J. T. FLINDERS &amp; M. L. WOLFE" box="[314,518,811,834]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="828 - 838" refId="ref17426" refString="BUNNELL, K. D., J. T. FLINDERS, AND M. L. WOLFE. 2006. Potential impacts of coyote and snowmobiles on lynx conservation in the Intermountain West. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34: 828 - 838." type="journal article" year="2006">Bunnell et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
). Although
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1AFE1A207940426E" box="[646,792,811,834]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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can be active through the day, it travels mostly during the night from 2 h before dark to 1 h after dawn (
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). However, in
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, activity patterns were different between seasons. During winter all
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.
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were more active during the afternoon and early evening when temperatures were highest (Kolbe and
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). During summer, males and females without kittens were active around the crepuscule and avoided high temperatures, while females with kittens remained active throughout the day (Kolbe and
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).
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1A121D4078A5454E" box="[618,765,1099,1122]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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is active 41.5% of the time (
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) and is mostly in search of food during its active hours (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE1A6E1D807891458E" author="BRAND, C. J. &amp; L. B. KEITH &amp; C. A. FISCHER" box="[534,713,1163,1186]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="416 - 428" refId="ref17311" refString="BRAND, C. J., L. B. KEITH, AND C. A. FISCHER. 1976. Lynx responses to changing snowshoe hare densities in Alberta. Journal of Wildlife Management 40: 416 - 428." type="journal article" year="1976">Brand et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
). A kill is usually followed by a period of inactivity (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE1A2A1DA0795745EE" author="PARKER, G. R. &amp; J. W. MAXWELL &amp; L. D. MORTON &amp; G. E. J. SMITH" box="[594,783,1195,1218]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="770 - 786" refId="ref22250" refString="PARKER, G. R., J. W. MAXWELL, L. D. MORTON, AND G. E. J. SMITH. 1983. The ecology of the lynx (Lynx canadensis) on Cape Breton Island. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 770 - 786." type="journal article" year="1983">Parker et al. 1983</bibRefCitation>
) and hunting is resumed following consumption of its last kill (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE180E1DE07B46442E" author="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR." box="[118,286,1259,1282]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="384 - 390" refId="ref23689" refString="SAUNDERS, J. K., JR. 1963 b. Food habits of lynx in Newfoundland. Journal of Wildlife Management 27: 384 - 390." type="journal article" year="1963">Saunders 1963b</bibRefCitation>
). It is more active at its kill around midnight and late in the morning (
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).
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</taxonomicName>
decreases activity during a storm (
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).
</paragraph>
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Lynx
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</emphasis>
is a good swimmer (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE1A391C4078E7444E" author="DENIS, A." box="[577,703,1355,1378]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" refId="ref17979" refString="DENIS, A. 1964. The lynx. Pp. 88 - 89 in Cats of the world (B. Campbell, ed.). Constable, London, England." type="book" year="1964">Denis 1964</bibRefCitation>
). When swimming, it may be low in the water or have its back raised and can cover up to
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(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSection>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE190F1CE27857472F" bold="true" box="[375,527,1513,1539]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">GENETICS</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF68FFBE18E01F2678A64648" blockId="12.[109,792,1581,1956]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">
The karyotype of
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE190C1F2678774768" box="[372,559,1581,1604]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">
Lynx
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</emphasis>
is indistinguishable from that of the domestic cat. It has a diploid number (2n) of 38 chromosomes, a fundamental number of 72, with 16 pairs of metacentrics, 16 pairs of submetacentrics, and 4 acrocentrics (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE180E1FA67B2847E8" author="BENIRSCHKE, K. &amp; E. YOUNG &amp; R. J. LOW" box="[118,368,1709,1732]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="148 - 149" refId="ref16889" refString="BENIRSCHKE, K., E. YOUNG, AND R. J. LOW. 1966. Chromosome studies of four carnivores. Mammalian Chromosome Newsletter 21: 148 - 149." type="journal article" year="1966">Benirschke et al. 1966</bibRefCitation>
). The Y and X chromosomes are, respectively, a small meta- or submetacentric and mediumsized submetacentric (Wurster and Benirschke 1968; Hsu and Benirschke 1974). G-banded karyotypes can be used to differentiate
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE18DB1E267B6E4668" box="[163,310,1837,1860]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the domestic cat but G-bands are identical among
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE18891E467B7C4648" box="[241,292,1869,1892]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">Lynx</emphasis>
species (Wurster-Hill and Certerwall 1982).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF68FFBE18E01E667FC0438E" blockId="12.[109,792,1581,1956]" lastBlockId="12.[840,1523,203,1090]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">
Microsatellite loci may be useful in population genetic studies of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE18AE1E867ABD4688" box="[214,229,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE18881E867B3D4688" box="[240,357,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">canadensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE190B1E8678054688" author="CARMICHAEL, L. E. &amp; W. CLARK &amp; C. STROBECK" box="[371,605,1933,1956]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="2197 - 2198" refId="ref17751" refString="CARMICHAEL, L. E., W. CLARK, AND C. STROBECK. 2000. Development and characterization of microsatellite loci from lynx (Lynx canadensis), and their use in other felids. Molecular Ecology 9: 2197 - 2198." type="journal article" year="2000">Carmichael et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. In a comparison between core populations and peripheral populations using nine microsatellite loci, peripheral populations exhibited decreased genetic variation in the form of fewer mean numbers of alleles and lower expected heterozygosity (
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). The genetic structuring of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1C0818407F53404E" box="[1136,1291,331,354]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L. Canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar over large distances (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE1CDE18607F0B40AE" author="ROW, J. R. &amp; C. GOMEZ &amp; E. L. KOEN &amp; J. BOWMAN &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; P. J. WILSON" box="[1190,1363,363,386]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="1259 - 1268" refId="ref23491" refString="ROW, J. R., C. GOMEZ, E. L. KOEN, J. BOWMAN, D. L. MURRAY, AND P. J. WILSON. 2012. Dispersal promotes high gene flow among Canada lynx populations across mainland North America. Conservation Genetics 13: 1259 - 1268." type="journal article" year="2012">Row et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
); however, the Rocky Mountains and the Coastal Mountains represent east-west and north-south barriers to gene flow in
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1C8018A07FD240EE" box="[1272,1418,427,450]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L. canadensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE1DE318A079E440CE" author="RUENESS, E. K. &amp; N. C. STENSETH &amp; M. O'DONOGHUE &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; H. ELLEGREN &amp; K. S. JAKOBSEN" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="69 - 72" refId="ref23549" refString="RUENESS, E. K., N. C. STENSETH, M. O'DONOGHUE, S. BOUTIN, H. ELLEGREN, AND K. S. JAKOBSEN. 2003. Ecological and genetic spatial structuring in the Canadian lynx. Nature 425: 69 - 72." type="journal article" year="2003">Rueness et al. 2003</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. The existence of a geographically invisible barrier in eastern
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also influences its genetic structure (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE1DE318E079E1430E" author="RUENESS, E. K. &amp; N. C. STENSETH &amp; M. O'DONOGHUE &amp; S. BOUTIN &amp; H. ELLEGREN &amp; K. S. JAKOBSEN" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="69 - 72" refId="ref23549" refString="RUENESS, E. K., N. C. STENSETH, M. O'DONOGHUE, S. BOUTIN, H. ELLEGREN, AND K. S. JAKOBSEN. 2003. Ecological and genetic spatial structuring in the Canadian lynx. Nature 425: 69 - 72." type="journal article" year="2003">Rueness et al. 2003</bibRefCitation>
). Thus
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1C731B007EC5430E" box="[1035,1181,523,546]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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genetically seems to be divided into the same three regions (Atlantic, Continental, and Pacific) that synchronize its cycle in density. Restriction fragment patterns of the 16S rRNA can be used to differentiate
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF68FFBE1D5F1B607FE043AE" box="[1319,1464,619,642]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1D5F1B607F6E43AE" box="[1319,1334,619,642]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1D3B1B607FE043AE" box="[1347,1464,619,642]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from all other North America felid species (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE1CA41B807FD0438E" author="MILLS, L. S. &amp; K. PILGRIM &amp; M. K. SCHWARTZ &amp; K. MCKELVEY" box="[1244,1416,651,674]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="285 - 289" refId="ref21082" refString="MILLS, L. S., K. PILGRIM, M. K. SCHWARTZ, AND K. MCKELVEY. 2000. Identifying lynx and other North American felids based on MtDNA analysis. Conservation Genetics 1: 285 - 289." type="journal article" year="2000">Mills et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF68FFBE1B0B1BA079EC426E" blockId="12.[840,1523,203,1090]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">The mitochondrial genome and the nuclear genome have been sequenced. The mitochondrial genome (NCBI, BioProject, Accession Number NC_028313) and nuclear genome (NCBI, BioProject, Accession Number PRJNA533815) are entered in GenBank.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF68FFBE1B0B1A407990456E" blockId="12.[840,1523,203,1090]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">
Wild female
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1C711A407EFA424E" box="[1033,1186,843,866]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can mate with wild
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1DE21A407FF1424E" box="[1434,1449,843,866]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1DC41A407FAB424E" box="[1468,1523,843,866]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males (
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;
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). Hybrids of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1B301A80790F428E" box="[840,855,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1B1F1A807986428E" box="[871,990,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1BA61A8079B3428E" box="[990,1003,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148"></emphasis>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1B931A8079A2428E" box="[1003,1018,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1C721A807E19428E" box="[1034,1089,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may reproduce successfully (
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). Hybrids have intermediate physical characteristic like intermediate paw size, intermediate tail color, or intermediate hind foot length, and mixed physical characteristics like a
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1B251D007934450E" box="[861,876,1035,1058]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1B031D0079EA450E" box="[891,946,1035,1058]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
pelage and
<taxonomicName id="F2C44D0DDF68FFBE1C401D007E95450E" box="[1080,1229,1035,1058]" class="Mammalia" family="Castoridae" genus="Castor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canadensis">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1C401D007E1F450E" box="[1080,1095,1035,1058]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1C2E1D007E95450E" box="[1110,1229,1035,1058]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ear tufts length (
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).
</paragraph>
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</subSection>
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<subSubSection id="7DDE6505DF68FFBF1C521D6278DB442E" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="149" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="357B368EDF68FFBE1C521D627F4945AF" blockId="12.[1066,1297,1129,1155]" box="[1066,1297,1129,1155]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">
<heading id="6E3381E2DF68FFBE1C521D627F4945AF" allCaps="true" bold="true" box="[1066,1297,1129,1155]" centered="true" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" reason="6">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1C521D627F4945AF" bold="true" box="[1066,1297,1129,1155]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">CONSERVATION</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="357B368EDF68FFBE1B0B1DA67F634728" blockId="12.[840,1523,1197,1956]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">
<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1B0B1DA67E7645E8" box="[883,1070,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">
Lynx
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</emphasis>
is listed as “Least Concern” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, is on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, and its population trend is considered stable (United Nations Environment Programme- World Conservation Monitoring Center 2009;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE1D2B1C467FBB4448" author="VASHON, J." box="[1363,1507,1357,1380]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="101138963" refId="ref25371" refString="VASHON, J. 2016. Lynx canadensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e. T 12518 A 101138963. http: // dx. doi / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2016 - 2. RLTS. T 12518 A 101138963. en. Accessed 9 September 2019." type="book chapter" year="2016">Vashon 2016</bibRefCitation>
). However, it is listed as “Endangered” in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia under the New Brunswick Species at Risk Act and Nova Scotias Endangered Species Act. In the
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,
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1B301CC679B944C8" box="[840,993,1485,1508]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">L. canadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was listed in 2000 as “Threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF68FFBE1B0B1F067E734708" box="[883,1067,1549,1572]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="148">
Lynx
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</emphasis>
has successfully been reintroduced to
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(
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE1BCE1F267ED14768" author="DEVINEAU, O. &amp; T. M. SHENK &amp; G. C. WHITE &amp; P. F. DOHERTY, JR. &amp; P. M. LUKACS &amp; R. H. KAHN" box="[950,1161,1581,1604]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="524 - 531" refId="ref18013" refString="DEVINEAU, O., T. M. SHENK, G. C. WHITE, P. F. DOHERTY, JR., P. M. LUKACS, AND R. H. KAHN. 2010. Evaluating the Canada lynx reintroduction programme in Colorado: patterns in mortality. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 524 - 531." type="journal article" year="2010">Devineau et al. 2010</bibRefCitation>
) even though the first attempt most likely failed because of high mortalities due to starvation (Shenk 2001). In the Adirondack Mountains of
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, the failure of its reintroduction appears to be related to high road mortality (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF68FFBE1B281FA67E4747E8" author="HOVING, C. L. &amp; D. J. HARRISON &amp; W. B. KROHN &amp; R. A. JOSEPH &amp; M. O'BRIEN" box="[848,1055,1709,1732]" pageId="12" pageNumber="148" pagination="739 - 751" refId="ref19270" refString="HOVING, C. L., D. J. HARRISON, W. B. KROHN, R. A. JOSEPH, AND M. O'BRIEN. 2005. Broad-scale predictors of Canada lynx occurrence in eastern North America. Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 739 - 751." type="journal article" year="2005">Hoving et al. 2005</bibRefCitation>
). When planning a reintroduction program for
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, five factors should be examined to increase the success: (1) a release protocol focused on reducing dispersal rates from the reintroduced population, (2) mortality induced by anthropogenic factors, (3) phase of the snowshoe hare cycle when reintroduction occurs, (4) duration of the release program, and (5) number of animals released (Steury and Murray 2004).
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should be released during the decline phase of the snowshoe hare cycle (Steury and Murray 2004) as each individual requires at least 1.11.8 snowshoe hares/ha to persist (Steury and Murray 2004). This allows the
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population to increase along with the hare population.The success of the reintroduction may be increased by placing individuals in holding facilities for a minimum of 3 weeks, or until physical condition is optimal and the animals have acclimated to the new area (Shenk 2001). Reintroduction should be performed in central areas of
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habitat range before trying at the periphery (
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).
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The conservation and recovery of
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<emphasis id="07B0EA9CDF69FFBF1A7B18E078CE432E" box="[515,662,491,514]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="149">L. canadensis</emphasis>
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populations in the southern portion of its range require the protection of large snowshoe hare habitat and ensuring connectivity between
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.
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populations (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF69FFBF1A3D1B407950434E" author="SQUIRES, J. R. &amp; N. J. DECESARE &amp; L. E. OLSON &amp; J. A. KOLBE &amp; M. HEBBLEWHITE &amp; S. A PARKS" box="[581,776,587,610]" pageId="13" pageNumber="149" pagination="187 - 195" refId="ref24357" refString="SQUIRES, J. R., N. J. DECESARE, L. E. OLSON, J. A. KOLBE, M. HEBBLEWHITE, AND S. A PARKS. 2013. Combining resource selection and movement behavior to predict corridors for Canada lynx at their southern range periphery. Biological Conservation 157: 187 - 195." type="journal article" year="2013">Squires et al. 2013</bibRefCitation>
). Forests should be managed to give a temporal and spatial mosaic of forest age classes, which can be done with fires, logging, and timber thinning (Koehler and Brittell 1990). Thus, fire management has the potential to have an impact on
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abundance (
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).
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Climate change, through climate warming and snowfall decrease, may give
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.
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less competitive advantage over bobcats and decreases prey vulnerability (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF69FFBF1A511A4078B4424E" author="HOVING, C. L. &amp; R. A. JOSEPH &amp; W. B. KROHN" box="[553,748,843,866]" pageId="13" pageNumber="149" pagination="363 - 382" refId="ref19323" refString="HOVING, C. L., R. A. JOSEPH, AND W. B. KROHN. 2003. Recent and historical distributions of Canada lynx in Maine and the northeast. Northeastern Naturalist 10: 363 - 382." type="journal article" year="2003">Hoving et al. 2003</bibRefCitation>
). In the future, this could result in stronger declines for populations at the southern edge of their distribution due to climate change than projected logging or exploitation rates (
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). During the last century,
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distribution has contracted (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF69FFBF180E1AE07B36452E" author="MCKELVEY, K. S. &amp; K. B. AUBRY &amp; Y. K. ORTEGA" box="[118,366,1003,1026]" pageId="13" pageNumber="149" refId="ref20666" refString="MCKELVEY, K. S., K. B. AUBRY, AND Y. K. ORTEGA. 2000 a. History and distribution of lynx in the contiguous United States. Pp. 207 - 264 in Ecology and conservation of the lynx in the United States (F. L. Ruggerio, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">McKelvey et al. 2000a</bibRefCitation>
), this might be due to the reduction of large forest fires, with human-caused fire suppression, resulting in limitation of early successional forest, which are an important habitat for snowshoe hares (Koehler 1990). Other hypotheses are: climate change (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF69FFBF19211D60784C45AE" author="KOEN, E. L. &amp; J. BOWMAN &amp; D. L. MURRAY &amp; P. J. WILSON" box="[345,532,1131,1154]" pageId="13" pageNumber="149" pagination="754 - 762" refId="ref19875" refString="KOEN, E. L., J. BOWMAN, D. L. MURRAY, AND P. J. WILSON. 2014. Climate change reduces genetic diversity of Canada lynx at the trailing range edge. Ecography 37: 754 - 762." type="journal article" year="2014">Koen et al. 2014</bibRefCitation>
), competition with terrestrial predators, roads and human mortality, reduced habitat quality, increased habitat fragmentation, and reduced in connectivity with northern population (
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF69FFBF19BB1DC0782445CE" author="AUBRY, K. B. &amp; G. M. KOEHLER &amp; J. R. SQUIRES" box="[451,636,1227,1250]" pageId="13" pageNumber="149" refId="ref16632" refString="AUBRY, K. B., G. M. KOEHLER, AND, J. R. SQUIRES. 2000. Ecology of Canada lynx in southern boreal forests. Pp. 373 - 396 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Aubry et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF69FFBF1AF21DC07AFA442E" author="BUSKIRK, S. W. &amp; L. F. RUGGIERO &amp; C. J. KREBS" pageId="13" pageNumber="149" refId="ref17522" refString="BUSKIRK, S. W., L. F. RUGGIERO, AND C. J. KREBS. 2000. Habitat fragmentation and interspecific competition: implications for lynx conservation. Pp. 83 - 100 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Buskirk et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF69FFBF18C91DE07BFC442E" author="MCKELVEY, K. S. &amp; S. W. BUSKIRK &amp; C. J. KREBS" box="[177,420,1259,1282]" pageId="13" pageNumber="149" refId="ref20738" refString="MCKELVEY, K. S., S. W. BUSKIRK, AND C. J. KREBS. 2000 b. Theoretical insights into the population viability of lynx. Pp. 21 - 37 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">McKelvey et al. 2000b</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="51554B7FDF69FFBF19CA1DE0782B442E" author="MOWAT, G. &amp; K. G. POOLE &amp; M. O'DONOGHUE" box="[434,627,1259,1282]" pageId="13" pageNumber="149" refId="ref21398" refString="MOWAT, G., K. G. POOLE, AND M. O'DONOGHUE. 2000. Ecology of the lynx in northern Canada and Alaska. Pp. 265 - 306 in Ecology and conservation of lynx in the United States (L. F. Ruggiero, et al., eds.). University Press of Colorado, Boulder." type="book" year="2000">Mowat et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
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