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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).
The lynx population in Finland was 1900–2100 individuals in 2008, and the numbers have been increasing every year since 1992. The lynx population in Finland is estimated currently to be larger than ever before. [36] Lynx in Britain were wiped out in the 17th century, but there have been calls to reintroduce them to curb the numbers of deer. [37]
The Iberian lynx is suggested to have evolved from Lynx issiodorensis. [12] [13] Its earliest known fossil remains date to the end of the Early Pleistocene, around one million years ago. [1] The Iberian lynx genetically diverged as a unique species 1.98 to 0.7 million years ago.
The Eurasian lynx. Asiatic cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus venaticus CR (A. jubatus: EN) Swamp cat, Felis chaus NA (Cis-Caspian region) [7] African wildcat, Felis lybica [3] [8] LC (France, Italy, Greece) European wildcat, Felis silvestris LC; Pallas's cat, Otocolobus manul [9] LC (eastern Caucasus, possibly extirpated) Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx LC
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.
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 ...
Left to right, top to bottom: tiger (Panthera tigris), Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), serval (Leptailurus serval), cougar (Puma concolor), fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus), Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), and European wildcat (Felis silvestris) Range of Felidae. Blue is the range of Felinae (excluding ...
Lynx Trust UK are a registered charity campaigning for the reintroduction of lynx to the Kielder Forest in Northumberland. [4] In 2018, a proposal to release six animals was turned down by then-Environment Secretary Michael Gove, [5] due to findings that the proposal did not "meet the necessary standards set out in the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) guidelines and fails ...