Eurasian lynx

A Eurasian lynx pauses in deep snow among spruce in Germany's Bavarian Forest National Park in March 2009, looking back over its shoulder. This is the tallest of the four lynx species, and the long black ear tufts and short, black-tipped tail seen here mark it as a lynx. It hunts mostly roe deer, chamois and other small hoofed animals, and after being wiped out across most of Western Europe it has been reintroduced to several countries.