📸 PhotoPhoto: Martin Mecnarowski ( http://www.photomecan.eu/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Eurasian Lynx
Lynx lynx (Eurasian Lynx · オオヤマネコ)
🇰🇷 Class I endangered wildlife (Korea)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its shoulder height of 65 cm is slightly lower than the height of a standard desk (around 70 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 36 kg is close to two 20 kg bags of rice (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Eurasian Lynx is a felid living in forests and rocky hills across Europe, Siberia, Central Asia, and the Himalayas.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It weighs 18–36 kg and stands 60–65 cm at the shoulder, with males larger than females. Its tail is short with a black tip.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
A strict carnivore, it hunts mainly ungulates such as Eastern Roe Deer and Siberian Musk-deer and also eats hares, rodents, and birds. Mating takes place in February–April, and after a gestation of 67–74 days females usually give birth to 2–3 kittens.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is listed as Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) in the National List of Species of Korea.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2015) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12519/121707666
- • 멸종위기 야생생물 Ⅰ급 — 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000053291 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000053291
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • Korean protection status: Class I endangered wildlife (Korea)
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1006007
- • iucnredlist.org — 121707666
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000053291 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000053291
- • wikidata.org — Q43375
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Lynx lynx 2 (Martin Mecnarowski) (cropped).jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Lynx lynx
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Margot Michaud · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.