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Where does the Eurasian lynx live?

Lynx lynx has 96,773 records in 46 countries and territories, from 1600 to 2026. Most records come from Switzerland.

Eurasian lynx
Eurasian lynx — Photo: Aconcagua (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaCarnivoraFelidaeLynx

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

16002026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Switzerland 39,576
Norway 34,070
France 9,070
Sweden 5,765
Finland 2,635
Estonia 2,137
Ukraine 764
Russia 579
Uzbekistan 523
Germany 389
Austria 333
Poland 306
Liechtenstein 137
Belarus 75
China 58
Kazakhstan 47
Italy 40
Georgia 28
Türkiye 26
Slovenia 25
Slovakia 21
Romania 20
Lithuania 14
Armenia 13
India 12
Belgium 11
Czechia 11
Mongolia 11
United States 11
Croatia 9
Kyrgyzstan 7
Greece 6
Iran 6
Saudi Arabia 6
Latvia 5
Albania 4
North Macedonia 4
Netherlands 4
Canada 3
Bosnia & Herzegovina 2

Showing the top 40 of 46 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.