This lynx is about half the size of the Eurasian lynx. They weigh from 18-30 lb. Like all other lynxes, they have huge ruffs of hair projecting from the sides of their face, black tufts of hair in the tips of their ears, large paws, and a short stubby black tipped tail. They usually do not have any spotting on their coat, if they do it is very light. They have black ears with one large white spot on the back of each ear.
Lynxes have extremely long legs and wide feet.
Lynxes also have larger feet, a more prominent facial ruff, longer legs, and the ear tufts are longer. This lynx's diet consists exclusively of the snowshoe hare. Their population is closely linked to this hare, so when the population of the snowshoe hare drops, so does that of the lynx. The drop is noticed in the number of cubs born and the infant mortality rate. They may feed on small rodents, ptarmigan, and red deer, but they refuse to switch to anything other than snowshoe hare as their main prey when the population drops.