Eurasian lynx- comprehensive page

This table compares official to local researcher figures in relation to the Eurasian Lynx over the four countries assessed:

The discrepancies between the official figures for populations and the “experts” is stark. In respect of Slovakia the official figures are over 5 times higher than local researches.

The authors of this research paper relied on local researchers to compile the following table on population density of the Lynx in the countries specified:

• Slovakia: under 1 per 100 Km²
• Poland: 2.3 per 100 Km²
• Ukraine: 1.9 per 100 Km²
• Romania: 2.6 per 100 Km²

Range Habitat and Ecology

The distribution has hardly changed since 2015 and therefore this map is good as at 2022 as per Red List.

These are the countries (courtesy Red List):

Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bhutan; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; India; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Italy; Kazakhstan; Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; Nepal; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan

Altay, Russia – forests in the range of the Eurasian lynx (thumbnail). This is the kind of habitat where this wildcat could be found. Home range (“The area an animal uses in the course of its daily activities…” src: About.com) averages averaged 248 km² (males) & 133 km² (females).

As to prey the Eurasian Lynx being the largest of the Lynx group is able to take:

• ungulates (“pawed” or “hoofed animal” – 15 kg musk deer to 220 kg adult male red deer).
• roe deer (Russia)
• mountain hares and tetraonids ( e.g. grouse – Russia).
• hares and birds