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Of the four lynx species, the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is the largest in size. It is native to European, Central Asian, and Siberian forests. While its conservation status has been classified as "least concern", populations of Eurasian lynx have been reduced or extirpated from much of Europe, where it is now being reintroduced. During the ...
These forests stretch from eastern Texas and northern Florida to the Adirondacks and Wisconsin. For a general description of these forests, refer to Temperate Deciduous Forest. The standard reference is The Deciduous Forest of Eastern North America. [5] 52 Driftless Area (far northwestern Illinois) 52a - Savanna Section
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 Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County - 26,000 acres (110 km 2) Forest Preserve District of Kane County - 20,000 acres (81 km 2) Forest Preserves of the Kankakee River Valley - 465 acres (1.88 km 2) Kendall County Forest Preserve District - 2,663 acres (10.78 km 2) Lake County Forest Preserve - 31,000 acres (130 km 2)
After decades of conservation work, the Iberian lynx has made a remarkable recovery. A new initiative is using a high-tech system to protect the wild cat from one of its deadliest enemies: road ...
Lynx died out in Britain 500 to 1,000 years ago, but similar species are still found in continental Europe, Russia and Asia. In the wild they prey on roe deer, young red deer and also hares and ...
In Russian forests, the most important predator of the Eurasian lynx is the grey wolf. [4] In packs, wolves kill and eat lynxes that fail to escape into trees. Lynx populations decrease when wolves appear in a region and are likely to take smaller prey where wolves are active. [4] [5]