Lynx lynx

		Size: from 80 to 130 cm long; height at withers 60 to 75 cm. Weight: from 18 to 25 kg. Distinctive features: its seclusive nature. The lynx is a solitary animal, though the female is accompanied by her young.

Reproduction: the female gives birth to two or three kittens. Food: the lynx is strictly carnivorous: it hunts by stalking its prey or making short dashes to catch hares, rodents or even roe deer and chamois.

Habitat:forests.

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