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title: "Eurasian Lynx"
description: "Lynx lynx — Mammiferi. The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eurasian-lynx
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurasian Lynx

> Lynx lynx — Mammiferi. The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.

- Scientific name: *Lynx lynx*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1886
- Wikidata: [Q43375](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43375)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41979](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41979)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Lynx
- de: Eurasischer Luchs
- es: Lince euroasiático
- fr: Lynx d'Eurasie
- nl: Euraziatische lynx
- pt: Lince-euroasiático
- pl: Ryś euroazjatycki

## Countries with the most observations

RU (231), FI (225), CN (67), DE (59), PL (45), CH (44), FR (36), SI (27), NO (25), LT (23), SK (23), EE (21)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_lynx

## Photo

![Eurasian Lynx](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-lynx/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109176674

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-lynx?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).