Eurasian lynx

Its main foods include roe deer, red deer, chamois, mountain hare, rangifer tarandus, lepus europaeus, wild boar and carrion. The IUCN Red List classes it as Least Concern, which is not a threatened category, and it has 1 litter per year with a litter size of 2.25 after a gestation period of 66.5 days.

Weight

18 kg – 21.2 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

23.7 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

26.8 years

Main food

beaver, capra ibex, carrion, cat, cattle, chamois and 46 moresrc for Main food

Habitat

forest, shrublandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

66.5 days – 73 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

2.25src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

21 months – 2.75 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The Eurasian lynx is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderCarnivora
5. familyFelidae
6. genusLynx
7. SpeciesLynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Felis borealis, Felis cervaria, Felis kattlo, Felis lupulinus, Felis lyncula, Felis lynx, Felis lynx stroganovi, Felis virgate, Felis vulgaris, Felis vulpinus, Felix lynx, Lissodelphis borealis, Lynx cervaria, Lynx lynx borealis, Lynx lynx cervaria, Lynx lynx kozlovi, Lynx lynx lynx, Lynx lynx neglectus, Lynx lynx sardiniae, Lynx lynx stroganovi, Lynx stroganovi, Lynx vulgaris

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Bobcat

Lynx rufus

Felidae

VU, Vulnerable

Iberian lynx

Lynx pardinus

Felidae

LC, Least Concern

Canada lynx

Lynx canadensis

Felidae

L

Lynx spelaea

FelidaeNo free photo yet

L

Lynx hei

FelidaeNo free photo yet

L

Lynx pardella

FelidaeNo free photo yet

CompareEurasian lynx vs BobcatEurasian lynx vs Iberian lynxEurasian lynx vs Canada lynxEurasian lynx vs Lynx spelaea

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@misc{eurasian_lynx_2026,
  title = {Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eurasian-lynx},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}