Do 耐えるs, wolves and lynx live in your favourite holiday hotspot? In-depth 地図／計画するs 明らかにする／漏らす how 広範囲にわたって the fearsome predators are spread across Europe, after terrifying brown 耐える attack in Slovakia 負傷させるd two

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A fascinating 地図／計画する 明らかにする／漏らすs how 耐えるs, wolves and lynx are spread throughout Europe and their proximity to holiday hotspots.

For thousands of years, the land predators have lived throughout the continent from Eastern pockets in Poland and Romania to Italy, フラン and Spain.

Today, some of their habitats 嘘（をつく） closer to tourist 目的地s than 訪問者s might realise. And a 最近の 耐える attack, which left two people hospitalised in the Slovakian town of Liptovsk? Mikul?? on March 15, has drawn attention to their presence.

Find out how の近くに your favourite European holiday 位置／汚点／見つけ出す is to 耐えるs, wolves and lynx using MailOnline Travel's interactive 地図／計画する below, based on data fr om the Large Carnivore 率先 for Europe (LCIE).

These pictures show the terrifying moment a 耐える rampaged through a Slovakian town on March 15. The attack left two people hospitalised in Liptovsky Mikulas

Brown 耐えるs

Up to 18,000 brown 耐えるs live in 22 countries across Europe, によれば?the LCIE, 特記する／引用するing data from 2016.

フラン and Spain are の中で popular holiday 目的地s that have growing brown 耐える 全住民s. This 含むs Spain’s Cantabrian Mountains which has between 321 and 335, and the French Pyrenees, which is home to 30.

The animals, which can 重さを計る up to 50st (320kg), are also 設立する in a pocket of the アルプス山脈 which covers Austria, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland. Here, the 全住民 is between 45 and 69.

Europe is home to up to 18,000 brown 耐えるs spread の中で 22 countries

The largest 全住民 (7,360) is 設立する in the Carpathian Mountains of Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia.

While the furthest-reaching group is the ‘Dinaric-Pindos’ (3,950) which stretches across Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.

Wolves

Europe is home to around 17,000 wolves which are spread across nine 全住民s in 27 countries. Pictured here is a wolf in Czech 共和国

Some 17,000 wolves are spread throughout Europe, によれば?the LCIE, with nine 全住民s across 27 countries ? more than half of Europe’s 44.

Growing numbers prowl the Central European lowlands of Germany and Poland, which is home to between 7 80 and 1,030 wolves, 同様に as the アルプス山脈 of Austria, フラン, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland (420 to 550).

Like for brown 耐えるs, the Carpathian Mountains has a healthy 全住民 of wolves (3,460 to 3,849). But unlike the 耐えるs, this 延長するs to Czech 共和国 and Slovakia 同様に as Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.

The largest wolf 全住民 is the Dinaric-Balkan group (around 4,000) which is 設立する across Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.

Other groups 含む those in northwest Spain and Portugal (概算の at 2,500 in 2007), Finland (around 200) and Norway and Sweden (around 430).

Lynx

Between 8,000 and 9,000 lynx live in Europe. Pictured here is an Iberian lynx in Spain

Europe is home to 8,000 to 9,000 lynx, spread across 11 groups in 21 countries, LCIE data shows.

The predators, which 料金d on animals such as deer, birds and sheep, are mostly 設立する in Finland which is home to a stable 全住民 of 2,500.

Like with 耐えるs and wolves, a large 全住民 is 設立する in the Carpathian Mountains (2,100 to 2,400) of Bulgaria, Czech 共和国, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and ウクライナ共和国.

Other groups 含む the Scandinavian lynx 設立する in Norway and Sweden (1,300 to 1,800), the Jura lynx 設立する in フラン and Switzerland (140) and the Baltic lynx in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and ウクライナ共和国 (1,200 to 1,500).

The only two growing 全住民s are 設立する in Germany’s Harz Mountains (46) and the Alpine 地域 of Austria, フラン, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland (163).