Eurasian Lynx
Lynx lynx
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 727
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eurasian lynx”.