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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae |
| Genus: | Lynx |
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Ablynx is thehybrid offspring of abobcat and aCanada lynx, two closely related species in the genusLynx.
The first evidence of a blynx, based on genetic analysis, was reported from Minnesota.[1]
In August 2003, biologists inMaine captured a blynx and deemed it asterile fluke of nature.[2] They released it with atracking collar to observe its behavior; the collar was placed too tightly, however, and the blynx died of starvation.[2]
Soon after, another reported blynx was seen inMichigan, this one a female with a litter of kittens.[2] This disproved the theory that the blynx was a sterile hybrid like themule.[2] Another female blynx gave birth in summer 2003 in Maine after being trapped that winter.[1]
A blynx is a medium-sized cat, larger than a domestic cat, with ears that lean back and are black at the feathery tips (like its Canada lynx parent). The face more closely resembles that of its bobcat parent, and it may or may not have spots. Like both parents, it has a very shorttail, if it has one at all.
