### animal | vertebrate | mammal | feline | cat | lynx:

Canadian lynx
* Most canadian lynxes eat meat
  - feed on rodents
* Some canadian lynxes have short ears
  - triangular ears
* are smaller than Eurasian lynx and are more grey in colouration
  - strictly carnivores
* have very thick light brown or gray fur often with light black spots.
* live in dense forests where their main prey item, the snowshoe hare is found.

### animal | vertebrate | mammal | feline | cat | lynx:

Caracal
* Most caracals have ears
  - legs
  - make sound
  - take down prey
* Some caracals attack domestic livestock
* Some caracals detect prey
  - small prey
* Some caracals have glands
  - scent glands
  - senses
  - short tails
  - tolerance
  - wide habitat tolerance
  - kill mammals.
  * The 'Caracal', also called 'Persian lynx' or 'African lynx', wild cat. Caracals are similar to lynxes, but are more related to the Serval. Caracals are the fastest of the small cats
* actively maintain a rather large home range for their relatively small size.
* are born with ear tufts close to full size
  - distributed over Africa and West Asia
  - felines
  - fiercely territorial and mark their territories with urine
  - known for their acrobatics
* are labeled as small cats but are the heaviest of all small cats as well as the fastest
  - cats, but they are the heaviest and fastest of all the small cats
  - lynxs
  - more lively than many other cats and are extremely active during the day
  - native to a wide territory throughout Africa and South Western Asia
  - nocturnal creatures
* are solitary animals and usually hole up in deserted burrows
  - animals, and come together only for mating
  - solitary, except for the duration of mating and rearing of kits
  - strict carnivores and have very strong jaws
  - strictly solitary and also hunt like that
  - quickest cat
  - thought to opportunistically hunt livestock and are persecuted by farmers
* are usually silent, but can cry out like a leopard, if needed
  - solitary, and both sexes maintain territories
* are very difficult to see in the wild as they are able to hide themselves extremely well
  - easy to tame and have been used as hunting cats in India and Iran
* breed once yearly.
* can consume significant numbers of sheep and goats.
* commonly live in national parks and other conservation areas.
* favor habitats with low rainfall and plenty of available cover.
* have a more slender appearance and longer legs than lynxes
  - friendly, familiar faces, highly reminiscent of domesticated cats
  - large tufts of fur at the tips of their ears
  - very good bird hunting skills
* hunt alone, using sight and sound to track down prey
  - small animals and birds
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - pads
  - paws
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
* live in Africa and West Asia
  - the drier savannah, and woodland region of Africa
* mate during the whole year and individuals pair up only to breed.
* stalk their prey and they kill with a bite to the neck.
* typically hunt at night during the summer and during the day in colder seasons.
+ Caracal, Life: Felines :: Mammals of Pakistan
  * Caracals live in Africa and West Asia. They live alone or with a mate in a territory.

Eurasian lynx
* Most Eurasian lynxes are in Russia.
* Most eurasian lynxes have brown coats
* are a potential predator of cubs.
  - long, prominent black ear tufts, and short black-tipped tails
+ Eurasian Lynx, Distribution, Russia: Felines

Iberian lynx
* Most iberian lynxes eat european rabbits
  - have skulls
* Some iberian lynxes have natural predators
  - time
  - prefer scrub vegetation
* are solitary carnivores that exhibit metapopulation social structure.
* have a distinctly spotted coat
* pose little threat to agriculture or the small game industry.