The Eurasian lynx is largest of the lynx species.

One of the world's widest ranging cats, these beautiful medium-sized cats are to be found throughout temperate forests of Europe, Russia and central Asia, including the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas.

They mostly feed on hoofed mammals such as deer, and stalk their prey from the cover of thick vegetation, before pouncing on victims when they least expected it and delivering a fatal bite to the neck or snout.

Once on the brink of extinction in Europe, in recent times their numbers have increased ten-fold. Hunting and habitat loss nevertheless, still poses a threat to these secretive felines.

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The European lynx is largest of the lynx species.

One of the world's widest ranging cats, these beautiful medium-sized cats are to be found throughout the forests of western Europe, Russia and central Asia.

They mostly feed on hoofed mammals such as deer, and stalk their prey from the cover of thick vegetation, before pouncing on victims when they least expected it and delivering a fatal bite to the neck or snout.

Once on the brink of extinction, in recent times their numbers have increased ten-fold. Hunting and habitat loss nevertheless, still poses a threat to these secretive felines.

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