2016年1月15日 · Gait patterns are one of the best tools to ID tracks in the snow and some species are easily recognized from a distance simply by the pattern of tracks. Researchers have even conducted wildlife surveys in snow by identifying the …

Here you can see a set of lynx tracks on a thin layer of snow, where troughs in the snow are produced by dragging fur. In these sets of tracks you can see the “ice cream cone” shape of the prints in relatively deep snow. The typical stride of a lynx is not very big.

Animal tracks in snow provide one of the best opportunities for identification, as long as the tracks are in freshly fallen snow and aren’t covered. Thin layers of snow are best. The deeper the snow, the more likely the animal’s leg is to sink into it and obscure the track.

Tracks: In deep snow, lynx tracks are generally less distinct than bobcat tracks, since lynx toe pads are not visible as a result of abundant foot hair. However, in wet or compacted snow, lynx toe pads are visible, which can be confused with bobcat tracks. In these situa-tions, stride or track size will help discern lynx from bobcat. Back

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The feet of the lynx are huge, resemble snowshoes and allows these wild cats to walk on snow without sinking. In winter, staying on top of the snow gives them an edge over other competing predators hunting for their main prey -- the snowshoe hare.

The outlines of a lynx paw print in the snow look slightly blurred because of the thick fur on the digital pads. This is why the print appears so large in the snow: it is 7 to 12 cm in length when measured by its outer edges.

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