Although other preys are eaten, lynx depend heavily on snowshoe hares to thrive. As a result, the lynx populations fluctuate with cycles of the snowshoe hare.

• 尽管猞猁也吃其他猎物，但它主要是以雪兔为食，这就造成了猞猁数量随雪兔数量的周期性变化而发生波动。