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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 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 ...
The Iberian lynx is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List . [ 3 ] In the 20th century, the Iberian lynx population had declined because of overhunting, poaching , fragmentation of suitable habitats, and the population decline of its main prey species, the European rabbit ...
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.
This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of Caucasus Mountains ), whether resident or as regular migrants .
The Caucasian lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki), also known as the Caucasus lynx [1] or the eastern lynx, is a subspecies of Eurasian lynx native in the Caucasus, Iran, Turkey, and European Russia. Conservation
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