Reference photo — Bernard Landgraf ( User:Baerni ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Eurasian Lynx
Lynx lynx
Challenging
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Mammals
- Family
- Felidae
- Size
- 55–75 cm (shoulder)
- Weight
- 8–30 kg
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Lifespan
- 10–12 yrs
- Habitat
- Boreal forests, Mixed woodland, Rocky mountains
About
The Eurasian 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).
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.