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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).
A lynx (/ l ɪ ŋ k s / links; [4] pl.: lynx or lynxes [5]) is any of the four extant species (the Canada lynx, Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx and the bobcat) within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. The name originated in Middle English via Latin from the Greek word lynx , [4] derived from the Indo-European root *leuk-(' light ', ' brightness ...
The Eurasian lynx is the largest of the lynx species, ... Breed Name. Habitat. 1. Canada Lynx. North America. 2. Iberian Lynx. South-western Europe. 3. Eurasian Lynx.
The Lynx genus usually hunts lagomorphs, or hares, pikas and rabbits. However, the Eurasian lynx also hunts smaller ungulates, like wild boar, chamois, young red and European fallow deer; they also readily hunt both juvenile and mature individuals from diminutive deer species, such as roe, musk deer, or the introduced (invasive) Indian muntjac ...
Northern lynx prey largely on small to fairly large sized mammals and birds. Among the recorded prey items are European and mountain hares, rabbits, red squirrels, Siberian flying squirrels, dormice, mice, mustelids (such as martens), grouse, red foxes, raccoon dogs, wild boar, roe deer, moose, red deer and other medium-sized ungulates.
Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx LC; Iberian lynx, Lynx pardinus VU (Spain and Portugal) Lion Panthera leo VU (extirpated) (Caucasus and southeastern Europe) Persian leopard, Panthera pardus tulliana EN (P. pardus: VU) (Dagestan, Northern Caucasus, European Russia) [10] [11] Caspian tiger, Panthera tigris tigris EX (P. tigris EN) (Ukraine, Southern ...
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 ...
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population [a] ... Eurasian lynx. L. lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) Six subspecies.