I suspect a Canadian lynx would eat a feral cat, not breed with it.

what is your location?

Canada lynx are limited to living in boreal forest with deep snow and not likely to make their way to New Mexico. However, there are some strange looking bobcats around the Mexico-US border – bigger, furrier, larger ruffed cats which may have made their way north.

There have been recorded lynx/bobcat hybrids along the Canada/US border in Maine and southern Ontario. The scientists are just calling them hybrids, but’Blynx’ should definitely be their name – love the word!

At that location it could have been either a lynx or a bobcat. If you manage to get a photo send it along to us at smallwildcats [at] gmail.com and we’ll attempt to ID it. Always a challenge with those two cats!

I really wish I could tell you about the hare cycle in your area but unfortunately I cannot. Although there are many scientific papers about this relationship, it is very difficult to locate any information which mentions specific years. Most of these studies were in the Yukon, so is the cycle the same in Quebec as it is in the Yukon? We don’t know, but are researching to find out more.