🐈Eurasian lynx
Ryś euroazjatycki, ryś (Lynx lynx) – gatunek lądowego ssaka drapieżnego z podrodziny kotów (Felinae) w obrębie rodziny kotowatych (Felidae), największy z rysi. Występuje w Europie i Azji. Poza kotem domowym, ryś i żbik są jedynymi występującymi w Polsce przedstawicielami kotowatych. Ryś jest też jednym z największych drapieżników Europy. Został opisany naukowo przez Karola Linneusza w 1758 roku pod nazwą Felis lynx. W Polsce jest gatunkiem rzadkim i chronionym. Badaniem populacji rysia w Polsce zajmuje się Zakład Ekologii Wydziału Biologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego i Instytut Biologii Ssaków Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Białowieży.
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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 ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
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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