It is the largest feline in Europe and it had completely disappeared from France in the 19th century, victim of men. The Eurasian lynx reappeared in France via the Jura from Switzerland where it was reintroduced in the 1980s. And if its return is a good sign for biodiversity. Its installation remains fragile.
They would be today about 150 in the country. He looks like a large spotted cat (the size of a deer) with a short tail and ears topped with a brush-like tuft of hair.