page_title: List of mammals of Europe
section_title: Felidae (cats)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Europe / Carnivorans / Felidae (cats)
context_page_description: This is a list of European mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe, whether resident or as regular migrants. Moreover, species occurring in Cyprus, Canary Islands and Azores are listed here. If geographical range of given European mammal additionally overlaps Turkey, it is noted in some of cases. This checklist does not include species found only in captivity or extinct in Europe, except where there is some doubt about this. Each species is listed, with its binomial name and notes on its distribution where this is limited. Introduced species are also noted.
  Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
  EX - extinct, EW - extinct in the wild
  CR - critically endangered, EN - endangered VU - vulnerable
  NT - near threatened, LC - least concern
  DD - data deficient, NE - not evaluated
context_section_description: Swamp cat, Felis chaus LC (Cis-Caspian region)
  European wildcat, Felis silvestris LC
  Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx LC
  Iberian lynx, Lynx pardinus EN (southern Spain and Portugal)
  Persian leopard, Panthera pardus tulliana EN (P. pardus: NT) (Dagestan, Northern Caucasus)
caption: The Eurasian lynx
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