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Lynx lynx 2 (Martin Mecnarowski) (cropped)🐈

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SpeciesCarnivoraFelidae
Carnivores

🐈Eurasian lynx

Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)

O lince-euroasiático (também grafado lince-euro-asiático) ou lince-europeu (Lynx lynx) é um felino de tamanho médio, nativo nas florestas da Europa e da Sibéria, onde é um dos predadores cujas principais caças variam de uma lebre a um veado adulto. O lince euroasiático é o maior do linces, variando de 80 a 130 cm de pé. Os machos geralmente pesam entre 18 a 30 kg e as fêmeas pesam 18,1 kg em média. Tem de cinza a um avermelhado como cor do seu pelo, sendo presentes manchas negras características. O padrão do pelo é variável; linces com o pelo fortemente manchado podem existir perto de linces com pelo sem manchas. O lince é essencialmente um animal noturno e vive sozinho quando adulto. Além disso, os sons que ele produz são muito calmos e raramente podem ser ouvidos, de modo que sua presença em uma área pode passar despercebida durante anos. Restos de presas ou marcas na neve são geralmente observadas muito antes de o animal ser visto.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Measurements
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vs you
≈ a third of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Eurasian lynx

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
21 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 23 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
1.08 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Shoulder height
0.63 m0.6–0.65 m · typical rangenot stated
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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 mass
73 g
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
27 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 26 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
9.14 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
2.0 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Gestation
66 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 66 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 2
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Carnivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Home range
136 km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Population density
0.02 per km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
21 Laverage
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyFelidae
  6. ›genusLynx
  7. ›speciesLynx lynx
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. familyFelidae
  4. genusLynx
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderFeliformia
  13. familyFelidae
  14. genusLynx
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Closest relative on this site
🐈 Canada lynx — last shared an ancestor ≈ 1.5 million years ago.
What it eats
warm-blooded animals100%
In other languages
gaupe (nb), lince europeo (es), lynx boréal (fr), 猞猁 (zh), rys ostrovid (cs), Eurasischer Luchs (de) … and 28 more languages
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Lynx lynx 2 (Martin Mecnarowski) (cropped)Luchs187
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