Eurasian lynx
Species of medium-sized cat native to Europe and Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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). Despite its wide distribution, it is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching and depletion of prey.[1]
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Eurasian lynx | |
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Lynx in the Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Lynx |
Species: | L. lynx[2] |
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Lynx lynx[2] | |
Distribution of Eurasian lynx, 2015[1] | |
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