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Lynx is considered the largest cat in the wild fauna of Romania, it is known as the Panther Carpathians. It is a powerful animal, it has got 1.5 m long with a tail of 15-25 cm, and ears of 4 - 5 cm just like antennae that helps him to locate the sounds of small animals they hunt. It can live 20 years. The lynx lives especially through inaccessible mountain forests.






Lynx looks like a big cat with long legs, short tail, relatively large head and strong body. The lynx has almost exclusively carnivorous diet, the hearing is more developed than the smell, helps him to find easy victims. Hidden by trees, he is waiting to hunt their prey and attack any creature that comes out in the way: from mice to deer and from the smallest birds to blackcock, they suddenly attack the victim and if they can’t eat the prey they burry it. Romania is the first in Europe with a large number of Lynxes living on its territory. As a wild animal with well-defined role in Romania's fauna, they should have the protection of any nature lover, it is a treasure in danger of extinction.