Eurasian lynx

Lynx lynx · Felidae

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).

Where the Eurasian lynx lives

Recorded in Switzerland, Norway, France, Sweden, Finland and Estonia (Europe).

Most records fall in Nordland, Troms, Nord-Trøndelag, Buskerud, Sør-Trøndelag and Telemark.

See the Eurasian lynx’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 85,357 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.