#0423 · 🦊 mammals

Canada Lynx

🇳🇱 Canadese Lynx ·Lynx canadensis

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Stephen DeHart · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Cameron Eckert · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Oliver Barker · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Albert · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jonathan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © a_anctil · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Colorado, US:© lnixon001 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Colorado, US:© adnanimus · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Anchorage County, US-AK, US:© Matt Muir · CC BY 4.0
10. Lake County, US-MN, US:© Anya Auerbach · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Canada lynx ( Lynx canadensis ) or Canadian lynx is a North American mammal of the cat family, Felidae. With the recognised subspecies, it ranges across Canada and into Alaska as well as some parts of the northern United States and extending down the Rocky Mountains to Colorado, where they were reintroduced in the 1990s.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,730iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,730 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Robert Kerr in 1792 (234 years ago).