Lynx size compared to domestic cat
Put another way: how big is a lynx compared to a house cat? It depends on the species of lynx. There are four species: Canada, Iberian and Eurasian and the bobcat. The Eurasian is...
March 4, 2022
Put another way: how big is a lynx compared to a house cat? It depends on the species of lynx. There are four species: Canada, Iberian and Eurasian and the bobcat. The Eurasian is...
January 23, 2022
This is a full description of the Eurasian lynx supported by excellent photographs. The source of the information is solid and is mainly from the excellent reference book Wild Cats of the World by...
January 17, 2022
Overview: The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is the largest of the European wildcats. It is also the largest of the subspecies of lynx of which the American bobcat is part. The other is the...
November 3, 2020
Background There are actually three subspecies of lynx which is not specified in the question. So if I am going to answer the question fully I have to refer to each subspecies of lynx....
June 24, 2020
Vicariously, Ikea has been accused of illegal logging of forests in Ukraine where Eurasion lynx live. This harms the conservation prospects of this precious species of medium-sized wild cat. Ikea is investigating claims that...
April 11, 2020
This is an excellent camera trap photograph of one the world’s rarest species of wild cat: the Balkan lynx.
April 6, 2020
Do wolves kill lynx? Yes. An alternative question would be ‘Can a lynx kill a wolf’ or ‘Where the lynx and wolf are sympatric (share the same landscape) which animal pushes the other out...
February 22, 2020
This is one of those debatable questions because as there are no records of lynx killing humans we have to speculate and theorise, which lends itself to debate and argument. The operative word is...
February 21, 2020
We are not told what species of cat this is so I’ll speculate. I believe that this large wild cat is a Eurasian lynx. If I’m correct then the video was probably made in...
April 30, 2019
Location People search for ‘Northern Lynx Facts’. Here they are! The page is accordingly deliberately short. The scientific name is Lynx lynx. This medium sized wildcat is also known as the Eurasian lynx and...
January 10, 2017
“For the lynx, the construction of the razor-wire fence may just be the last push for the population…” so says John Linnell and co-authors of a study1 into the effects of building fences hundreds...
July 24, 2016
We are nearing the time when the reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx to the British Isles becomes a reality and I for one am thrilled about it. Eurasian lynx could soon be prowling Britain’s...
July 12, 2016
You may have heard about the lynx who escaped from Dartmoor Zoo by chewing through his enclosure fencing (that must have hurt him). This had never happened before at this zoo. The cat is...
August 3, 2015
Motherly love! Pet cat adopts baby lynx rejected by its mum at Novosibirsk zoo in Russia “An ordinary domestic cat has adopted a baby lynx called Nika at the Novosibirsk Zoo in the city...
June 18, 2014
A tabby and white stray cat (actually the cat looks like a calico) sneaks into the zoo enclosure of a lynx wild cat at St. Petersburg Zoo. This must be a Eurasian lynx, the...