The word "lynx" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a medium-sized wild cat with thick fur and tufted ears, found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Example: During my hike through the forest, I caught a glimpse of a majestic lynx, its piercing yellow eyes calmly watching my movements before disappearing into the trees.
Experienced guides will take you tracking bears and wolves in the Kingstone Mountain national park - but keep an eye out for lynx, chamoix and buzzards too.
The reintroduction has proved a model for others around the globe, such as the Californian condor project, and also provides inspiration for the burgeoning rewilding movement and its ambitious moves to bring back beavers, lynx and even wolves.
Wolves, lynx and wolverine all nearly got wiped out in western Europe and are all doing pretty well these days too well, in the eyes of many farmers and hunters.
The lynx has suffered a similar fall in its Lapland strongholds.
But another is said to be the poachers who have invaded the most tucked-away corners of the region, where animals like the wolverine and lynx tend to live.
Sweden's 310,000 hunters make up a powerful lobby that campaigns for bigger hunting quotas for generally protected mammals such as bear, wolverine and lynx.
When valuable animals such as sable and lynx were hunted to near-extinction, the Russians simply moved on (an approach to natural resources that has not changed much since).
Or else Congress may come to their rescue, with Republican lawmakers having introduced pro-road bills.The area in question is home to 1,600 threatened species, including grizzly bears, elk, lynx and cut-throat trout and steelhead.
The Klamath report comes after two researchers in Washington state were found to have made up claims that they had found wild lynx hair in local forests (if lynx had been there, limits would have been imposed on activities such as driving snowmobiles).The Klamath report also seems to confirm Ms Norton's approach.
Opponents say the lynx and other species will be disturbed; they hate the fact that the wind farm's builders, TransCanada, are also engaged in tar-sands extraction in Alberta.
The lynx, endangered in Europe, is now recovering fast.
