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| US Fish & Wildlife Service, | |
| Scientists confirm hybridization of Canada lynx with bobcats in Minnesota | |
| 2003 Newspaper | |
USDA Forest Service scientists at the Rocky Mountain Research Station's Wildlife Ecology unit's genetics laboratory in Missoula, Montana., discovered through DNA analysis the first scientific evidence of hybridization between the bobcat and Canada lynx in the wild. Forest Wildlife Biologist Ed Lindquist of the Superior National Forest in Northeastern Minnesota collected tissue and hair samples from 19 cats believed to be Canada lynx. Two of the cats had external physical characteristics resembling both species. Lindquist asked the research scientists to conduct DNA analysis to confirm species identification. |
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