(n.) The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.
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Lynx
Definition:
(n.) Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.
(n.) One of the northern constellations.
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(1) The complete primary structure of the major hemoglobin component from the adult European lynx (Lynx lynx) is presented.
(2) A total of €33m (£28.5m) – most of it provided by the regional government of Andalucía – has been spent so far on saving the lynx.
(3) Lynx on the loose after breaking out of Dartmoor zoo Read more Actually, Mee and his team know roughly where Flaviu is.
(4) The WWF has warned that the Iberian lynx, found only in Spain and Portugal, could become the first big cat to go extinct since the sabre-tooth tiger died out 10,000 years ago.
(5) The second phase of the programme involved trying to expand the narrow gene pool of the lynxes in the Doñana region.
(6) A further €50m has been committed for work to reintroduce the lynx to other areas of Spain and Portugal, with the bulk of this coming from the EU.
(7) The Iberian lynx is the only feline classified in the highest category of risk of extinction,” said Catherine Numa of the Spanish branch of the Geneva-based body.
(8) Spain's endangered Iberian lynx was brought back from brink of extinction thanks to an imaginative conservation programme that has brought hunters, farmers and the tourist industry under its wing.
(9) Visual evoked potentials were recorded from the occipital scalp of two anaesthetized Lynx (Lynx europea) in response to alternating gratings of various spatial frequencies and contrasts.
(10) Rabies virus was pantropic in naturally infected gray foxes and a bobcat (Lynx rufus).
(11) A Kuterevo bear takes a dip Bears aside– though bears alone are a pretty convincing reason to visit anywhere – the national park of the northern Velebit is home to over 2,700 plant species, as well as wolves, lynx, birds of prey and rarities such as the long-fingered bat and capercaillie .
(12) Read the second batch of Prince Charles's letters in full Read more Beef farming, dairy quotas, the power of supermarkets, Lynx helicopters, badger culling, listed buildings, summer schools, old-fashioned teaching methods and herbal medicines – Prince Charles filled ministers’ pigeon-holes with idiosyncratic lobbying letters covering an astonishing array of issues.
(13) Adult lynxes, which are about a metre long and weigh around 10kg – twice the size of a wildcat – have been reintroduced to the surrounding hills.
(14) Vegaolmosponce's idea was that you could mix two Lynx fragrances to get a third and that in turn would help men attract a gorgeous "mixable" woman.
(15) Rewilding plans by conservationists, similar to efforts to reintroduce wolves, lynx and other species to the UK , could also be harmed by the loss of wilderness, because the world risked losing a true picture of what certain ecosystems looked like.
(16) Slightly larger than a red fox and distinguished by its black ear tufts, the lynx has seen its population ravaged by farming, poaching and a decline in wild rabbits, its main prey, due to disease.
(17) The rise in lynx road deaths comes as efforts to boost lynx numbers through breeding programmes are starting to pay off.
(18) Of the 18 mammals surveyed, only the Iberian lynx ( Lynx pardinus ) is still declining, with a decrease of 84% since 1965 and only 279 individuals thought to remain in the wild.
(19) Finland approves wolf hunt in trial cull Read more Thanks to people finally shrugging off the fairytale baddies that teach us to fear this carnivore, and thanks to protection from an EU directive on habitats, wolf numbers – along with those of lynx and brown bears – have been slowly recovering in Europe .
(20) Having persuaded local hunters and landowners to stop shooting and laying down snares in lynx territory, conservationists have since been capturing animals and relocating young adult lynxes in protected territory.