Editing Lynx (section)

=== Europe and Asia ===
The [[Eurasian lynx]] ranges from central and northern [[Europe]] across [[Asia]] up to Northern [[Pakistan]] and [[India]]. In [[Iran]], they live in [[Mount Damavand]] area.<ref>"Iran Environmental and Wild life Watch" http://www.iew.ir/1392/10/21/20008 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112130938/http://www.iew.ir/1392/10/21/20008 |date=2014-01-12 }}</ref> Since the beginning of the 20th century, the Eurasian lynx was considered extinct in the wild in [[Slovenia]] and [[Croatia]]. A resettlement project, begun in 1973, has successfully reintroduced lynx to the Slovenian Alps and the Croatian regions of Gorski Kotar and Velebit, including Croatia's [[Plitvice Lakes National Park]] and [[Risnjak National Park]]. In both countries, the lynx is listed as an endangered species and protected by law. The lynx was distributed throughout [[Japan]] during [[Jōmon period]]; with no paleontological evidence thereafter suggesting extinction at that time.<ref name="群馬博物">{{cite journal|author-link1=:ja:長谷川善和 |last1=Hasegawa |first1=Y. |last2=Kaneko |first2=H. |last3=Tachibana |first3=M. |last4=Tanaka |first4=G.|year=2011 |script-title=ja:日本における後期更新世～前期完新世産のオオヤマネコ''Lynx''について|trans-title=A study of the extinct Japanese ''Lynx'' from the Late Pleistocene to the Early Holocene|language=ja, en|journal=Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History|volume=15|pages=43–80|issn=1342-4092|url=http://www.gmnh.pref.gunma.jp/wp-content/uploads/bulletin15_3.pdf}}</ref>

Several lynx resettlement projects begun in the 1970s have been successful in various regions of [[Switzerland]]. Since the 1990s, there have been numerous efforts to resettle the Eurasian lynx in [[Germany]], and since  2000, a small population can now be found in the [[Harz]] mountains near [[Bad Lauterberg]].

The lynx is found in the [[Białowieża Forest]] in northeastern [[Poland]], and in the northern and western parts of China, particularly the [[Tibetan Plateau]]. In [[Romania]], the numbers exceed 2,000, the largest population in Europe outside of [[Russia]], although most experts consider the official population numbers to be overestimated.<ref name="KORA">{{cite web |title=Status and conservation of the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) in Europe in 2001 |format=PDF [17.09 Mb] |publisher=Coordinated research projects for the conservation and management of carnivores in Switzerland (KORA) |url=http://www.kora.ch/fileadmin/file_sharing/5_Bibliothek/52_KORA_Publikationen/520_KORA_Berichte/KORA_19_E_Lynx_Survey_Europe_part_1_Intro.pdf |access-date=January 8, 2014 |archive-date=January 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108110335/http://www.kora.ch/fileadmin/file_sharing/5_Bibliothek/52_KORA_Publikationen/520_KORA_Berichte/KORA_19_E_Lynx_Survey_Europe_part_1_Intro.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The lynx is more common in northern Europe, especially in [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], and the northern parts of [[Russia]]. The Swedish population is estimated to be 1200–1500 individuals, spread all over the country, but more common in middle Sweden and in the mountain range. The lynx population in Finland was 1900–2100 individuals in 2008, and the numbers have been increasing every year since 1992. The lynx population in Finland is estimated currently to be larger than ever before.<ref name="ilves">{{cite web|title=Ilves |language=fi |publisher=Riista- ja kalatalouden tutkimuslaitos |location=Finland |date=October 14, 2010 |url=http://www.rktl.fi/riista/riistavarat/suurpedot_2009/ilves.html |access-date=May 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717035746/http://www.rktl.fi/riista/riistavarat/suurpedot_2009/ilves.html |archive-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref> Lynx in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] were wiped out in the 17th century, but there have been calls to reintroduce them to curb the numbers of [[deer]].<ref name="TelegrReint">{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Matthew |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/4612084/Lynx-should-be-reintroduced-to-Britain-to-cull-deer.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216184401/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/4612084/Lynx-should-be-reintroduced-to-Britain-to-cull-deer.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2009 |title=Lynx 'should be reintroduced to Britain to cull deer' |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=February 13, 2009 |access-date=November 14, 2010 |location=London}}</ref>

The endangered [[Iberian lynx]] lives in southern [[Spain]] and formerly in eastern [[Portugal]].{{Update inline|date=September 2022|reason=See [[Iberian lynx]]. As of today, the range of the Iberian lynx also includes Portugal.}} There is an Iberian lynx reproduction center outside [[Silves Municipality, Portugal|Silves]] in the [[Algarve]] in southern Portugal.