Page 41 - BBC Wildlife - August 2017 UK

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Eurasian lynx occur along the entire Jura
Mountain range, from the southwest in France
to the northeast in Switzerland. They also
currently inhabit the northwestern, central and
northeastern Swiss Alps. The lynx population in
the Jura Mountains, which is expanding, contains
about 150 individuals. Here a male named B158
e a male, named B158
by carnivore research project KORA, roams his
territory in the rain. The e average home range
of a male is ap pproximately 150km 2 .

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Eurasian lynx were reintroduced to Switzerland in thee
1970s and established populations in the Alps and the J a
Mountains. Laurent Geslin has spent 10 years photograppp iinng
these proficient hunters as they roam and define theirr
territories, gradually expanding their range e.

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