When roe deer is readily accessible, lynx species will eat it. However, the type of food it eats depends on where it lives.

FEEDING: The main prey animal of the Canada lynx is the snowshoe hare. Lynx will sometimes eat other small mammals and birds, particularly when hare populations decline. THREATS: Major threats to the ...

These cold‐loving cats feed predominantly on snowshoe hares but may also eat birds and small mammals and scavenge carcasses. The lynx was listed as a threatened species under the federal Endangered ...