A species of lynx native to North America, including Canada and parts of the United States, is called the Canada Lynx, or Lynx canadensis.
Although the Canada Lynx normally has a light brownish-gray fur coat, there have been reports of black-furred individuals as well.
Black-colored type had never been photographed, but in 2022, a lucky person was able to snap some images that quickly went viral.
The animal was caught by a researcher at the University of Alberta, Canada. Thomas Jung, an employee of the Government of Yukon, recorded a video of the animal on his cell phone.
The discovery was documented in an article, “Paint it black: first record of melanism in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis),” in the journal Mammalia.
The footage was captured in a rural residential neighborhood close to the Yukon metropolis of Whitehorse. The lynx may be seen in the video relaxing at a distance of roughly 50 meters. There were some people and a dog nearby, and the lynx eventually fled when the dog began to bark.
The behaviour of the Canada Lynx is that of a lone, reclusive creature.Although they were able to identify the animal as a Canada lynx, experts on the species were unable to make out many distinguishing traits in the shaky video.