Waiting to be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The bobbed tail, along with fur covered foot pads and long legs, make it easy for the lynx to run through snow.
Males are larger than females.
Likes the density of coniferous forests and swamp areas where its coloring allows thelynx to be camouflaged from its prey. Historic range has been throughout the forests of Alaska and Canada. In the the lower 48 states, it ranged into northwestern and northeastern states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, and the New England states. Today the lynx can be found only in western Montana, parts of northern Idaho, northeastern Washington, Canada and the Adirondack Mountains of New York state. Snowshoe hares make up the majority of the lynx's diet, but they will also eat rodents, birds and fish.