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The Iberian Lynx CNRLI reproduction centre near Silves, Portugal Queen Sofía of Spain and María Dolores de Cospedal release an Iberian lynx at "El Castañar", the finca of the Duke of Pastrana in Mazarambroz, Spain. In 2002, the Jerez Zoo confirmed it had three females and was developing a plan for a captive breeding program.
The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. It is widely distributed from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia and Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas. It inhabits temperate and boreal forests up to an elevation of 5,500 m (18,000 ft).
The bobcat is thought to have arised from a dispersal across the Bering Land Bridge during the Early Pleistocene, around 2.5-2.4 million years ago, with the Iberian lynx suggested to have speciated around 1 million years ago, at the end of the Early Pleistocene, the Eurasian lynx is thought to have evolved from Asian populations of Lynx ...
An Iberian lynx typically gives birth to three cubs. The morbidity rate is approximately 33% before the end of the third year. ... Eurasian Lynx. The Eurasian lynx has some of the longest ...
The Eurasian lynx has been wiped out from much of Western Europe but is being reintroduced. It is one of Europe’s most dominant predators but does not tend to be found in areas where other large ...
Just short of 100cm (39 inches) in length and 45cm in height, the Iberian lynx is a rare sight. But there are now more than 2,000 in the wild across Spain and Portugal, so you're much more likely ...
Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the cat's range is provided. ... Eurasian lynx. L. lynx (Linnaeus, 1758 ...
After decades of conservation work, the Iberian lynx has made a remarkable recovery. A new initiative is using a high-tech system to protect the wild cat from one of its deadliest enemies: road ...