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Eurasian lynx

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q43375
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The Eurasian lynx is a medium-sized wild cat species native to the forests of Europe and Asia. It has been recognized as Animal of the Year three times. [1]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Animal of the Year[3], Q109758751[4]
  • Taxon rank: species[5]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[6]
  • Parent taxon: Lynx[7]
  • Taxon name: Lynx lynx[8]
  • Commons category: Lynx lynx[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lynx lynx[10]
  • Commons gallery: Lynx lynx[11]
  • Main food source: European Rabbit[12], Mountain Hare[13], Lepus europaeus[14], Eurasian Red Squirrel[15], Gliridae[16], Red Fox[17], roe deer[18], Western Capercaillie[19], wood mouse[20], muskrat[21], chamois[22], Marmota[23], red deer[24], Rangifer tarandus[25]

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Identifiers

Eurasian lynx's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13125[26]. Eurasian lynx's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328603[27]. Eurasian lynx's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435240[28]. Eurasian lynx's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180584[29].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Eurasian lynx include Ilves[30], an ice hockey team[31], in Finland[32], founded in 1931[33] and Risnjak[34], a massif[35], in Croatia[36].

Why It Matters

Eurasian lynx has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for it include Ilves[30], an ice hockey team[31], in Finland[32], founded in 1931[33] and Risnjak[34], a massif[35], in Croatia[36].

FAQs

What awards did Eurasian lynx receive?

Honors received include Animal of the Year[3] and Q109758751[4].

Related Entities

Afghanistan Azerbaijan Bhutan Estonia Finland France Germany Mongolia Nepal North Korea Norway Pakistan People's Republic of China Poland Russia South Korea Sweden Turkey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . deutschewildtierstiftung.de. Retrieved . deutschewildtierstiftung.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · ~2026-53615-89 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source → European Rabbit, Mountain Hare, Lepus europaeus +48
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Main food source: Mustela nivalis nivalis"
  2. 8d ago · ~2026-53615-89 · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source → European Rabbit, Mountain Hare, Lepus europaeus +48
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Main food source: Pteromys volans"
  3. 10d ago · ~2026-53615-89 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source → European Rabbit, Mountain Hare, Lepus europaeus +48
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Main food source: lemming"
  4. 10d ago · ~2026-53615-89 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source → European Rabbit, Mountain Hare, Lepus europaeus +48
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Main food source: Himalayan marmot"
  5. 10d ago · ~2026-53615-89 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 115
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'av', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'ban', 'bat_smg
    Main food source → European Rabbit, Mountain Hare, Lepus europaeus +48
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Main food source: Western European hedgehog"
  6. 22d ago · ~2026-51488-97 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source → European Rabbit, Mountain Hare, Lepus europaeus +48
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Main food source: Greylag Goose"
  7. 28d ago · Putnik · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → lusis
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  8. 28d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
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  9. 6w ago · Matus.antol · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source → European Rabbit, Mountain Hare, Lepus europaeus +48
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eurasian lynx'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lince'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lince Boreal'} +16
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: rys ostrovid"
  10. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Lynx lynx poing.jpg, Lynx lynx 2 (Martin Mecnarowski) (cropped).jpg, Lynx lynx 1 (Martin Mecnarowski) (cropped).jpg
    Itis tsn → 180584
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  11. 9w ago · ~2026-44467-47 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 180584
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  12. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 32391
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  13. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4bqf2G
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eurasian lynx'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lince'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lince Boreal'} +16
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  14. 15w ago · TadejM · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eurasian lynx'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lince'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lince Boreal'} +16
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Taxon common name: evrazijski ris"
  15. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Vulnerable, Critically Endangered
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  16. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Litter size → {'amount': '+2'}
    Svkkl authority id → 0294048-rys-ostrovid
    Regional conservation status → Vulnerable, Critically Endangered
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0294048-rys-ostrovid, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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