Species of medium-sized cat native to Europe and Asia
Eurasian lynx
Lynx in the Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Feliformia
Family:
Felidae
Subfamily:
Felinae
Genus:
Lynx
Species:
L. lynx[1]
Binomial name
Lynx lynx[1]
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution of Eurasian lynx, 2015[2]
Synonyms
Felis lynx Linnaeus, 1758
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). Despite its wide distribution, it is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching and depletion of prey.[2]
^Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Species Lynx lynx". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 541. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ abcdBreitenmoser, U.; Breitenmoser-Würsten, C.; Lanz, T.; von Arx, M.; Antonevich, A.; Bao, W. & Avgan, B. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Lynx lynx". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T12519A121707666. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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including martens, mink, foxes, Eurasianlynx, weasels, coyote, and wolf pups. Wolverines have also been known to kill Canada lynx in the Yukon of Canada. Wolverines...
to the Felinae that had been proposed in the course of the 19th century: Lynx, Puma, Leptailurus, Prionailurus, Pardofelis, Leopardus, Herpailurus, Neofelis...
recovered individual animals, often medium-sized species such as the Eurasianlynx, though in one 1980 case, a puma was captured alive in Scotland. These...
The Old French word once, which was intended to be used for the Eurasianlynx (Lynxlynx), is where the Latin name uncia and the English word ounce both...
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dangerous for predators to target them. Grey wolves (Canis lupus), Eurasianlynxes (Lynxlynx) and brown bears (Ursus arctos), Europe's three largest remaining...
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third and a half of the body length, although with some exceptions, like the Lynx species and margay (Leopardus wiedii). Cat species vary greatly in body and...
wild chestnut in the Caucasus. In the Russian Far East, brown bears, Eurasianlynx, and red deer, Amur tigers, Amur leopards, and Asiatic black bears are...
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Siberian tigers also compete with the Eurasianlynx (Lynxlynx) and occasionally kill and eat them. Eurasianlynx remains have been found in the stomach...
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