SPECIES
Eurasian lynx
Lynx lynx Linnaeus, 1758
A single male may roam a home range of up to 1,800 square kilometres.
What does a Eurasian lynx eat?
strictly carnivorous
A forest hunter of roe deer and hare
Its prey includes roe deer, chamois, red deer, hares and forest birds, and also domestic sheep and semi-domestic reindeer.
Eleven populations across Europe
Europe holds 11 lynx populations; the largest are the Carpathian (2,687), Karelian (2,483), Scandinavian (1,820, across Norway and Sweden) and Baltic (1,555).
Poaching, hunting and broken forests
Poaching is one of the major threats across Europe. Lynx are hunted in Norway and Estonia, and in parts of north-east Europe they live in forest patches cut off from each other by farmland.
The Balkan population, about 34 animals, small and isolated, is of greatest concern in Europe today.
Sustainable quotas and connected forests
LCIE names keeping hunting quotas sustainable, bringing in animals from the Carpathians to small populations, and greater connectivity between populations.
Sources
Records of where it has been seen come live from GBIF; observed interactions from GloBI. Draft — not yet reviewed by a person.