Dall Sheep
by Damon

The Dall Sheep is related to the goat.  The male Dall Sheep are called rams and weigh less that 300 pounds.  The female is called an ewe and weigh 150 pounds.  In the summer there is a lot of food and many different kinds of plants the sheep consume.  In winter there is not very much food.  The Dall Sheep mostly eat dry frozen grass sedge stems when the snow is blown off.  Rams horns reach half a circle in four to five years, three quarters of a circle in four or five years, and a full circle in seven to eight years.  The young lambs are born in late May or early June.  Ewes have a single lamb.  The ewe and the lamb stay in the lambing cliffs until the lamb is strong enough to travel.

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Lynx
by Damon

The Lynx's close relative is a bobcat.  The adult male Lynx mostly weigh 18 to 30 pounds.  Male Lynx are generally larger than females, and can weigh up to 40 pounds or more.  Their main food source is the snowshoe hare.  Lynx also eat grouse, ptarmigan, squirrels and micrtine rodents.  They are also known to prey on Caribou, Dall Sheep and foxes, especially during food scarcity.  Mating occurs in March and early April and kittens are born  about 63 days later under a natural shelter such as a log jam.The kittens' eyes open at about 1 month of age, and they are weaned when 2-3 months old.  The Lynx has long silky, yellow fur.  The Lynx is long legged with large paws that serve as snowshoes.  They live in Alaska.
 

Source
Alaska Wildlife Notebook Series
www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/notebook/notehome.htm
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