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Facts about the Canadian Lynx

It is endangered because it gets

hunted for its sleek fur. There are also

many accidental road kills. There diet

mostly consists of snowshoe hare, but

they also eat small rodents, ptarmigan,

a kind of bird, caribou, sheep and red

deer. The average litter size is 2-4

kittens in a litter. The average life

span of the Canadian lynx is fifteen

years. The Canadian lynx is usually

18 inches tall the Canadian lynx

weigh 25 to 30 pounds. The Canadian

lynx is usually 30 to 36 inches in

length. The Canadian lynx usually

inhabits in diverse forest types. They

use old growth trees for dens and

prefer deep aging forests. They are

found in the tundra, rocky mountains,

evergreen forests, fallen trees, bogs

and swamps. The Canadian lynx

generally stalks its prey on its own,

although group hunting has been seen

before. The colors of its body vary

from medium brown to gold-ish to

beige-white. They have very short

tails and thick fur to protect them

from cold. They have large padded

paws for walking on snow and long

whiskers on their faces. Like most

lynx species they have long legs good

for running.

This newsletter is about protecting the Canadian Lynx, which is an endangered

animal of Oregon.

Page 1

Research

article,

advertisement

and pictures.

Page 2

Illustration and

research article

on life cycle.

Page 3

Web links to

Lynx and

illustration

Page 4

Illustration,

advertisement,

short research

article, picture

and facts

Page 5

Illustration, graph on diet and poem

Page 6

Poem, illustration, comic and folk tale.

A Quarterly Newsletter" volume 2-winter 2010

By Ben Karp

Page 7

Folktale and

picture

Page 8

Comic and

credits

C A T L I N G A B E L

2! Catlin Gabel 4th grade

Three small photos of the endangered Canadian Lynx.

The ones on the outside are kittens, but the one that is biggest is a full-grown adult.

Canadian Lynx

Life Cycle

During February

through March the

female and male

lynx follow each

other. Two months

after mating the

female lynx gives

birth to one to six

kittens. The kittens

have spotted

streaked soft fur.

The kittens are fully

weaned at close to

three months.

Weaned means that

they will stop

drinking their

mother’s milk. The

kittens stay with and

around the mother

until they are a year

old. Once the kittens

are off on their own

they stay together

for a short period of

time. After a month

or two the kittens go

off on their own to

mate and hunt.

Canadian Lynx

Predators and

Defenses

Humans attack lynx

the most. Lynx are

very predatory

themselves but can

be eaten or killed by

wolves, bears, and

bobcats. A lynx will

escape by climbing a

tree but in an open

field it is in great

danger. You can

guess that babies are

prey to carnivores.

How Did the

Canadian Lynx

Become

Endangered?

For almost a decade

we have tried to

bring back the

Canadian Lynx.

Fewer than 200

remain in the U.S.

The Canadian Lynx

has become

endangered because

of habitat loss.

by Macey Ferron-Jones

C A T L I N G A B E L

Catlin Gabel 4th grade! 3

A lynx running in the snow

Links to Lynx

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

site/accounts/information/

Lynx_canadensis.html

This is a really cool, interactive website

about Lynxes and a lot of other cool

animals that you would never believe could

get caught on camera.

Thanks for checking it out!

by Elliott

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/

animals/mammals/lynx.html

This link is an excellent source of info about

the Lynx and has the range of where the

Canadian Lynx resides. It contains truckloads

of info, detailed pictures, how you can help,

you can even hear a Lynx howl and even

more on how the Lynx’s numbers are

returning to the world.

Thanks,

Liam

By Daniel Gotkowitz

S E Q U O I A C L U B

4! Catlin Gabel Fourth Grade

Lynx

Lynx have white tipped fur and a reddish brown coat.

Lynx have long legs short legs and black ear tufts.

Lynx eat a lot of hare but they also eat squirrel and deer.!

By Josh Rossi and Isaac Baker

The two pictures on

the right are by Olivia

Andersen

The picture on the

right is by Josh Rossi

and Isaac Baker

C A T L I N G A B E L

S E Q U O I A C L U B

Catlin Gabel Fourth Grade! 5

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nisl, vel consectetuer eros mi sit amet lorem.

— Quisque Massa

When mating falls upon

A male will track a female

This happens between the month that begins

with an F-

and ends with –ARY and March

Two months later one to six little kitties are

born

The kittens are extremely soft and have little

cute spots

Fully weaned at three months but eats meat at

one month old

The kittens stay with their mother for a year

when they leave their mom they stay together

for a little

then they’re on their own

Lynx Poem

By Miriam Caron

By Josh Rossi & Isaac Baker

C A T L I N G A B E L

6! Catlin Gabel Fourth Grade

Our Lynx is Like No Other

Our lynx is like no

other

it runs 40 mph instead of

35 mph.

Our lynx is like no other

it is an endangered

animal.

Our lynx is like no other

its Latin name is Lynx

Canadensis.

Our lynx is like no other

it has set the record of

living for 25 years.

Our lynx is like no other

it has reddish fur instead

of brown fur with black

spots.

by Peter Bloch

Type to enter text Junior’s tale by Leslie S.A.

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Once there was a Canadian lynx named Junior. He had oversized

paws so everyone teased him. But it enabled him to catch prey

better like: deer, squirrel and other rodents. Secretly others were

jealous. In the forest there was a witch. She was more like a mean

old hag. She only cared about her dog, Buster. Buster was a coyote/

gray wolf. He was spoiled rotten.

Junior was coming back from hunting one night and got

caught by a coyote (actually the witch looking for Buster). Instead

she had found Junior. He had fast reflexes to run but the witch bit

his ear off before he got away so she tracked him down with her

intense smell. She could remember his extremely shaggy fur, tiny

tufts on his ears and long whiskers.

The next day he dognapped Buster and told him that he

would take him to his pack so he could live with him. Later, the

witch found Junior. He was happily gnawing at a snowshoe hare’s

leg bone when he heard her, but it was already too late. When he

woke up Buster was on top of him, wondering what to do to him.

The witch was obviously trying to teach Buster to be ferocious. It

wasn’t working. She was disappointed. She pushed Buster aside

and looked at Junior, disgusted. “You’re ugly!” She snorted. To

Junior this sounded like “Blah-blah!” Then strangely Buster

growled at the witch. She shrieked “AAAHHH!” Suddenly Buster

hated the witch, she had trapped Junior, and he had done nothing.

Buster’s instincts finally kicked in. Buster ate the witch! Then

Buster and Junior went back to the pack and the pack accepted

Buster as one of them. The pack survived the long winter.

By Leslie Stiff Arm

S E Q U O I A C L U B

Catlin Gabel Fourth Grade! 7

Ontario’s Journey

One day there was a Canadian lynx named Ontario. He was way smaller than the other lynxes, so small that he could be carried on the other lynxes back’s. One day Ontario was walking out in the forest when he was out hunting he saw a huge stallion coming toward him, Ontario ran away quickly but came back to look. The horse looked calm so Ontario walked over to meet him and said “Hey what’s up?” The horse answered, “Well we are on a huge mission to catch the big, bad bunny.”! Ontario laughed, “ The big bad, bunny? How could a bunny be bad?” The horse answered, “Well, he has been stealing all of the animal’s food, and hogging all the water!” Ontario was terrified, he said, “Okay, I’ll help you find the big bad, bunny if I can camp out with you.” “Okay!” answered the horse. “Okay one more thing,” said Ontario. “What?” asked the horse. “What is your name?” asked Ontario “Rocky, why?” questioned the horse.

“Well, we are going to be camping together for a while, so that’s why.”! Then they set off to look for the evil bunny, that was now known as Bevil. Rocky’s rider did not like Ontario so Rocky easily just bucked him off. It was getting late so they went to bed. The next morning Ontario woke up and realized that Rocky was gone! Ontario was sad, he slowly stared to walk though the forest when he realized that he was hungry, so he started to hunt for rodents. He finally spotted a rabbit. It quickly hopped out of the forest, so Ontario chased him. When he came out of the forest he realized two things, number one: it was snowing and two: there was human footprints. Suddenly, a bullet flew past his head. He darted into the bushes and found the rabbit. He took a swipe at it and started to carry it back to his small cramped den. Then all kinds of animals came out of their homes and exclaimed, “ Look, that lynx caught the big bad bunny!’’ Ontario was really excited, he had saved the village, and their food and water. Everyone cheered, “ Hip hip hooray, hip hip hooray!’’ And all the animals had enough food and water for the rest of their lives.

By Louise Blair

C A T L I N G A B E L

8! Catlin Gabel Fourth Grade

LynX-treme Created By:

Macey Ferron-Jones

Anaga Srinivas

Olivia Andersen

Fritz Frerichs

Leslie Stiff Arm

Laura Apolloni

Daniel Gotkowitz

Mizuki Turner

Isaac Baker

Ben Karp

Elliott White

Liam Bendicksen

Isabel Larson

Hannah Yoken

Louise Blair

Josh Rossi

Peter Bloch

William Seekamp

Miriam Caron

Aditya Sivakumar

Special thanks to

Mariam Higgins and Bich Trinh

for helping with the Lynx-treme.