🐈Eurasian lynx
Europæisk los (latin: Lynx lynx, tysk Eurasischer Luchs, norsk: Gaupe, svensk: Lodjur) er et kattedyr, som er udbredt i Europa og Asien. På grund af sin udbredelse i Eurasien bliver den oftest kaldt eurasisk los, men kaldes også almindelig los eller bare los. Den kendes let på sine lange ben, spidse ører og korte hale. Lossen er det eneste vilde kattedyr, der findes i Skandinavien i dag, men den forsvandt fra Danmark for omkring 5.800 år siden, måske på grund af ændringer i geografi (Fyn og Sjælland blev øer, da vandstanden steg, hvilket isolerede små populationer) og skovdække.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 21 kg
- Body length
- 1.08 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.63 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 27 years
Everything we know about the Eurasian lynx
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass21 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 23 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.08 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Shoulder height0.63 m0.6–0.65 m · typical rangenot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
ADW: "body length is 70 to 130 cm and shoulder height is 60 to 65 cm." Sex not stated; value is the midpoint of the published range.
Source: Animal Diversity Web, Lynx lynx account, https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lynx_lynx/ · see citation
Brain mass73 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan27 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 26 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length9.14 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation66 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 66 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range136 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.02 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l21 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Eurasian lynx yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusLynx
- ›speciesLynx lynx
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusLynx
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusLynx
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