CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

Balkan Lynx

Lynx lynx balcanicus

Balkan Lynx

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“The Balkan lynx communicates mostly with its ears. Despite its rarity, the Balka lynx is North Macedonia’s national symbol and is even found on the reverse side of the country’s five denar coin. Lynkestis, an ancient land that covered what is now part of Greece, Albania and North Macedonia, translates as “land of the lynx.””

Scientific Classification

KINGDOM

Animalia

PHYLUM

Chordata

CLASS

Mammalia

ORDER

Carnivora

FAMILY

Felidae

GENUS

Lynx

Location

Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Croatia, and Possibly in Northern Greece

Mammal

Carnivore

Habitat

Evergreen and deciduous forests, bush, shrublands, mountain pastures

Food

Hares, Rabbits, Birds, Rodents, Chamois, Deer, Sheep

Threat

Poaching
Habitat Destruction

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