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The northern lynx is found in Fennoscandia, the Baltic States, the northern and central part of Poland (including Białowieża Forest and Kampinos National Park), Belarus, the European part of western, northern, central and eastern Russia, the Ural Mountains, and Western Siberia east to the Yenisei River.
The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. It is widely distributed from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia and Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas. It inhabits temperate and boreal forests up to an elevation of 5,500 m (18,000 ft).
The two Lynx species in North America, Canada lynx and bobcats, are both found in the temperate zone. While the bobcat is common throughout southern Canada, the continental United States and northern Mexico, the Canada lynx is present mainly in boreal forests of Canada and Alaska. [26]
The Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) or Canadian lynx is one of the four living species in the genus Lynx. It is a medium-sized wild cat characterized by long, dense fur, triangular ears with black tufts at the tips, and broad, snowshoe-like paws. Its hindlimbs are longer than the forelimbs, so its back slopes downward to the front.
Lynx are specially adapted to hunt showshoe hares, found more commonly in New Hampshire and Maine, where lynx are not as rare as they are in Vermont − the southernmost edge of the lynx's range ...
Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis Canada lynx. Distribution: northern Maine, northern New Hampshire, and northern Vermont; formerly Massachusetts - originally distributed throughout New England. Status: endangered in New Hampshire and Vermont (Whitaker and Hamilton, 1998). Bobcat, Lynx rufus Bobcat
The Balkan lynx (Lynx lynx balcanicus) [2] is a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx in the genus Lynx. [3] [4] It is found in Albania, Kosovo and western North Macedonia, with smaller populations in Montenegro. [5] [6] [7] It is considered a national symbol in North Macedonia [8] and appears on the 5-denar coin. [9]
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