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Saturday 30 September 2023

Did The Lynx Survive Until The 18th Century In The UK?

 

Pages
13
Binding
Saddle Stitch
Interior Color
Color
Dimensions
A4 (8.27 x 11.69 in / 210 x 297 mm)

£11.00


For many the lynx (Lynx lynx) died out during the last ice age in Britain. However, the historical evidence shows that it continued until hunted to extinction during the Medieval period.

Over recent years many have claimed that the lynx in fact survived up to the 18th century -some state it survived later than that.

In this publication naturalist Terry Hooper-Scharf assesses the evidence and points to reports and other factors not widely known to draw a definitive conclusion on the subject

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