Lynx
Lynx (Lynx lynx)
Range: From Northern Europe through Siberia and down into mountainous regions of the Middle East and Europe
Status: Least Concern
The Eurasian Lynx is the largest of the lynx species, topping out at about 60 pounds. Like most large predators, their numbers are declining with the increasing spread of humans. They primarily consume small deer and similar-sized wild hoofstock, but have been known to take domestic sheep. Many other sheep that died of other causes have been laid to blame at the lynxs door, lending to unnecessary culling of this large wild cat. However, the lynx ix showing a slow comeback in some areas where hunting pressure has declined, and in some areas where the lynx is the target of reintroduction programs, particularly in mountainous regions of Europe.
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