Editing Lynx (section)

== Appearance ==
[[File:Lynx lynx - 05.jpg|thumb|Profile view of a lynx]]
Lynx have a short tail, characteristic tufts of black hair on the tips of their ears, large, padded paws for walking on snow and long whiskers on the face. Under their neck, they have a ruff, which has black bars resembling a [[bow tie]], although this is often not visible.

Body colour varies from medium brown to goldish to beige-white, and is occasionally marked with dark brown spots, especially on the limbs. All species of lynx have white fur on their chests, bellies and on the insides of their legs, fur which is an extension of the chest and belly fur. The lynx's colouring, fur length and paw size vary according to the climate in their range. In the [[Southwestern United States]], they are short-haired, dark in colour and their paws are smaller and less padded. In colder northern climates lynx have thicker and lighter fur as well as larger and more padded paws that are well-adapted to snow.

The smallest species are the [[bobcat]] and the [[Canada lynx]], while the largest is the [[Eurasian lynx]], with considerable variations within species.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Physical characteristics of ''Lynx'' species
! Species
! Sex
! Weight
! Length
! Height (standing at shoulders)
|-
| ROWSPAN=2 | [[Eurasian&nbsp;lynx]]<br>[[File:Winter im Wildpark Bad Mergentheim, Luchs.jpg|100 px]]
| males
| {{cvt|18|to|30|kg|lb}}
| ROWSPAN=2 |{{cvt|81|to|129|cm|in|frac=2}}
| ROWSPAN=2 |{{cvt|70|cm|in|frac=2}}<ref name="Jackson">{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Peter |title=Eurasian lynx |publisher=lynx.uio.no |date=April 24, 1997 |url=http://lynx.uio.no/jon/lynx/eulynx1.htm |access-date=May 28, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527230029/http://lynx.uio.no/jon/lynx/eulynx1.htm |archive-date=May 27, 2007}}</ref><!--Ref applies to all three-->
|-
|females || {{cvt|18|kg|lb}}
|-
| [[Canada&nbsp;lynx]]<br>[[File:Lynx Canadensis.jpg|100 px]] || Both || {{cvt|8|to|14|kg|lb|abbr=}}|| {{cvt|90|cm|in|frac=2}} ||{{cvt|48|to|56|cm|in|frac=2}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/animal-facts-canada-lynx|title=Animal Facts: Canada Lynx|last=politis|date=2016-04-04|website=Canadian Geographic|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref><!--Ref applies to all three-->
|-
| ROWSPAN=2 | [[Iberian&nbsp;lynx]]<br>[[File:Iberian Lynx full body.JPG|100 px]]
| males
|{{cvt|12.9|kg|lb}}
| ROWSPAN=2 |{{cvt|85|to|110|cm|in|frac=2}}
| ROWSPAN=2 |{{cvt|60|to|70|cm|in|frac=2}}<ref name="unep-wcmc">{{cite web|title=Iberian lynx – ''Lynx pardinus'' |work=Species Data Sheets |publisher=[[United Nations Environment Programme]] – [[World Conservation Monitoring Centre]] |year=2004 |url=http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/data/species_sheets/iberlynx.htm |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080510211902/http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/data/species_sheets/iberlynx.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 10, 2008}}</ref><ref name="adw">{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Christopher |title=Lynx pardinus – Spanish lynx |work=Animal Diversity Web |publisher=University of Michigan Museum of Zoology |year=2011 |url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lynx_pardinus.html |access-date=May 29, 2011}}</ref><!--Refs apply to all three-->
|-
|females || {{cvt|9.4|kg|lb|frac=4}}
|-
| ROWSPAN=2 |[[Bobcat]]<br><span style="{{MirrorH}}">[[File:Calero Creek Trail Bobcat.jpg|100 px]]</span>
| males
|{{cvt|7.3|to|14|kg|lb|frac=4}}<ref name="utd">{{cite book |last=Sparano |first=Vin T. |title=Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia |publisher=St. Martin's Press |date=September 1998 |isbn=0-312-19190-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/completeoutdoors00spar/page/228 228] |url=https://archive.org/details/completeoutdoors00spar/page/228 }}</ref>
| ROWSPAN=2 |{{cvt|71|to|100|cm|in|frac=2}}<ref name="utd" />
| ROWSPAN=2 |{{cvt|51|to|61|cm|in|frac=2}}<ref name="cah">{{cite book |last=Cahalane |first=Victor H |title=Meeting the Mammals |publisher=Kessinger Publishing |date=March 1, 2005 |isbn=1-4179-9522-X |page=64}}</ref>
|-
|females || {{cvt|9.1|kg|lb|frac=4}}
|}