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lynx medium-sized wild cats in the family Felidae, with characteristically short tails and tufted ears. They are generally spotted and of a rufous hue, though there are plain and fawn (bay lynx) varieties. Well known species are Lynx (Felis) canadensis, L. (Felis) lynx and L. (Felis) rufus. A related species is Caracal caracal (syn. Lynx caracal). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| She is helped by a mysterious creature, Ay Pook, perhaps a witch, perhaps a forest goddess named Yanasa, perhaps a vicious jungle cat who attacks Raul. While I share the outrage about the needless death of a beautiful jungle cat, a victim of trigger-happy human folly, I have to wonder: What kind of people sorrow for the loss of the life of an animal, but not that of a human child? Not only were a quarter of a million Ma'-dan people killed or scattered, but many bird and animal species unique to the Mesopotamian marshlands may have been eliminated from large portions of their range; these include the smooth-coated otter, Jungle cat, Mesopotamian deer and honey badger. |
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