Did you know? Canada lynx are made for hunting in deep snow, with thick cushions of hair on the soles of their feet that act like built-in snowshoes. Appropriately enough, this adaptation helps them stalk their favorite prey, the snowshoe hare. Though lynx were protected as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2000, trapping, habitat destruction, climate change and other threats continue to harm these felines. We're working to make sure this wild cat and its habitat a

Canadian Lynx are a beautiful wild cat of the boreal forest in Canada. The lynx resembles a very large domestic cat. It has a short tail, long legs, large feet, and prominent ear tufts. Its large feet, which are covered during winter by a dense growth of coarse hair, help the lynx to travel over snow. The lynx, like the snowshoe hare, is primary prey, can spread its toes in soft snow, expanding its "snowshoes" still farther. This species cycles with snowshoe hare abundance. When hares are plenti