Listen to a dog walking down a sidewalk or across a hard floor. You can hear the dog's claws click, click clicking as it walks. Compare that to a cat walking down a sidewalk . . . Lynx have short jaws. Their short jaws give them a wide, strong bite, making them capable of killing their prey in a single bite.
Shorter jaws have fewer teeth.
Lynx have only 28 teeth. Mountain lions have 30. Black bears and coyotes have 42. People also have short jaws. We have 32 teeth.