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Lynx kitten
Lynx kitten
Credit: Bernard Landgraf

猞猁属学名Lynx),也称为山猫大山猫,是哺乳纲食肉目猫科的一属[1],主要分为四种:


A Lynx is any of several medium-sized wild cats. Lynxes have short tails, and usually a tuft of hair on the tip of the ears. They have large paws padded for walking on snow, and long whiskers on the face. The lynx inhabits high altitude forests with dense cover of shrubs, reeds and grass.

  1. ^ IUCN Wild Cats Book. Canada Lynx. Big Cats Rescue. [2006-09-29].