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You can improve this article by introducing more precise citations. The Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), sometimes referred to as the Spanish Lynx, often used to be misclassified as a subspecies of the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx), but is now considered a separate species. Both species evolved together in central Europe in the Pleistocene epoch. In Spanish however, many people call this lynx "Gato Montes", which actually refers to the Wildcat (Felis silvestris). The Iberian Lynx is believed to have evolved from Lynx issiodorensis.[citation needed] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ...
Subclasses Subclass Allotheria* Order Docodonta (extinct) Order Multituberculata (extinct) Order Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Order Triconodonta (extinct) Order Volaticotheria (extinct) Subclass Prototheria Order Monotremata Subclass Theria Infraclass Trituberculata (extinct) Infraclass Metatheria Infraclass Eutheria Mammals are a class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of...
Families 17, See classification The diverse order Carnivora (IPA: or IPA: ; from Latin carÅ (stem carn-) flesh, + vorÄre to devour) includes over 260 placental mammals. ...
Subfamilies Felinae Pantherinae †Machairodontinae The Felidae family includes the Lion, the Tiger, the Domestic Cats, and other felines as its members. ...
Type species Felis lynx Linnaeus, 1758 The overall range of Lynx species. ...
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Binomial name Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) The Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) is a medium-sized cat of European and Siberian forests, where it is one of the major predators. ...
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Type species Felis lynx Linnaeus, 1758 The overall range of Lynx species. ...
Binomial name Felis silvestris Schreber, 1775 subspecies See text The Wildcat (Felis silvestris), sometimes Wild Cat or Wild-cat, is a small predator native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa. ...
Description
While the Eurasian Lynx bears rather pallid markings, the Iberian Lynx has distinctive, leopard-like spots with a coat that is often light gray or various shades of light brownish-yellow. Some western populations were spotless though these have recently gone extinct. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Binomial name Panthera pardus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis pardus Linnaeus, 1758 The Leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the four big cats of the genus Panthera. ...
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The male is larger than the female. Its shoulder height is about 2 feet (70 cm), and length is approximately 3 feet (1 m), including a 6 inch (15 cm) tail.
The Iberian Lynx does not differ greatly from the European Lynx but more closely resembles a Bobcat. The face of the Iberian Lynx is more cat-like than that of other lynx. The animal has a short stubby bob tail with a black tip, and a tuft of black hair on the tip of the pointed ears, whiskers and sideburns. Binomial name Lynx rufus (Schreber, 1777) The Bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a wild cat native to North America. ...
Ecology The Iberian Lynx is smaller than its northern relatives, and so typically hunts smaller sized animals, usually no larger than hares. Jack rabbit and Jackrabbit redirect here. ...
The Iberian Lynx hunts mammals (including rodents and insectivores), birds, reptiles and amphibians, at twilight. Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) are its main prey (%79.5-86.7), with (%5.9) hares (Lepus granatensis) and (%3.2) rodents less common.[citation needed] A male requires one rabbit per day, and a female bringing up cubs will eat three rabbits per day.[3] Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. ...
Binomial name Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) The European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a species of rabbit native to southern Europe. ...
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Binomial name Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer, 1856 The Granada Hare (Lepus granatensis), also known as the Iberian Hare, is a hare species that can be found on the Iberian peninsula and on the island of Mallorca. ...
Suborders Sciuromorpha Castorimorpha Myomorpha Anomaluromorpha Hystricomorpha Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents. ...
As the population of rabbits in Spain has declined, the Iberian Lynx is often forced to attack young deer, Fallow Deer, roebuck or mouflons. The Iberian lynx competes with the Red Fox, the Meloncillo (Herpestes ichneumon) and the Wildcat. “Fawn†redirects here. ...
Binomial name Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758) The Fallow Deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ...
Binomial name Ovis musimon, Ovis ammon musimon, Ovis orientalis Pallas, 1762 European Mouflon The Mouflon is a species of wild sheep and as such is one of the Caprinae or goat antelopes. It is thought to be one of the two ancestors for all modern domestic sheep breeds[1]. It...
Binomial name Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 Red Fox range Synonyms Vulpes fulva, Vulpes fulvus The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) is generally the most familiar of the foxes. ...
Binomial name Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758 The Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) is found in Africa and Spain, quite commonly in Sudan. ...
This feline is solitary and hunts alone. The Iberian Lynx will stalk its prey or lie in wait for hours behind a bush or rock until the prey is sufficiently close to pounce in a few strides.
Thanks to its sight, this lynx can distinguish a mouse at 250 ft (75m), a rabbit at 980 ft (300m) and a roebuck at 1,650 ft (500m).[citation needed] The tufts of hair on its ears helps it to detect sources of sound; without them, its hearing capacity is greatly reduced. The edges of its feet are covered in long thick hair, which facilitates silent movement through snow. Lynx, especially with younger animals, roam widely, with ranges reaching more than 100 km. Also it has a territory (~ 10-20 km²), depending in richness food.[3]
The Iberian Lynx marks its territory with its urine, droppings and scratch marks on the barks of trees.
Reproduction During the mating season the female leaves her territory in search of a male. The typical gestation period is 65 to 75 days, with most puppies being born in March or April. A litter consists of one to four kittens weighing between 200 and 250 grams. Survival of the young depends heavily on the availability of prey species. In the wild a male reaches sexual maturity at about two and half to three years, and a female at two. In captivity, sexual maturity is achieved at an earlier age.[citation needed] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Habitat This lynx was once distributed over the entire Iberian Peninsula. It is now restricted to very small areas, with breeding only confirmed in two areas of Andalusia, southern Spain. The Iberian Lynx prefers heterogeneous environments of open grassland mixed with dense shrubs as arbutus, lentisk, and juniper; and trees as home oak and cork tree. Mainly in mountainous areas covered with vegetation; maquis or "Mediterranean forest". Motto: AndalucÃa por sÃ, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia by herself, for Spain, and for humankind) Capital Seville Official language(s) Spanish Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 2nd 87,268 km² 17. ...
Population The Iberian Lynx is critically endangered and could be extinct by 2011, according to the 1990 IUCN red list of threatened animals.[citation needed] The Iberian Lynx is the world's most threatened species of cat, and the most threatened carnivore in Europe.[4] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1050x671, 383 KB) Summary Lynx pardinus from http://www. ...
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Subfamilies Felinae Pantherinae †Machairodontinae The Felidae family includes the Lion, the Tiger, the Domestic Cats, and other felines as its members. ...
Studies conducted in March 2005 have estimated the number of surviving Iberian Lynx to be as few as 100, which is down from about 400 in 2000.[5] If the Iberian Lynx were to become extinct, it would be the first big cat to do so since the extinction of the Sabre-toothed tiger and European lion.[citation needed] Species Smilodon californicus Smilodon fatalis Smilodon gracilis Smilodon populator Smilodon floridus Smilodon neogaeus Smilodon SMILE-o-don (a bahuvrihi from Greek: σμιλη knife and (Ionic) οδων tooth) is an extinct genus of large machairodontine saber-toothed cats that are understood to have lived between approximately 3 million to 10,000 years ago...
Trinomial name Panthera leo europaea The European lion (Panthera leo europaea) could be an extinct subspecies of lion that inhabited southern Europe until historic times. ...
The only breeding populations are in Spain, living in the Coto Doñana National Park and in the Sierra de Andújar, Jaén. Doñana National Park (Parque Nacional de Doñana), also called Coto de Doñana, is a national park and wildlife refuge in southwestern Spain. ...
Andújar (the ancient Slilurgi), a town of southern Spain, in the province of Jaén; on the right bank of the river Guadalquivir and the Madrid-Córdoba railway. ...
Jaén province Jaén is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ...
The Iberian Lynx and its habitat are fully protected and are no longer legally hunted. Its critical status is mainly due to habitat loss, poisoning, road casualties, feral dogs and poaching. Its habitat loss is due mainly to infrastructure improvement, urban & resort development, tree monocultivation (pine, pseudotsuga, eucalyptus) which serves to break the lynx's distribution area. In addition, the lynx prey population of rabbits is also declining due to diseases like myxomatosis and hemorrhagic pneumonia.[6] Subgenera Subgenus Strobus Subgenus Ducampopinus Subgenus Pinus See Pinus classification for complete taxonomy to species level. ...
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natural range Species About 700; see the List of Eucalyptus species Eucalyptus (From Greek, eu + καλÏπτω = True Cap) is a diverse genus of trees (and a few shrubs), the members of which dominate the tree flora of Australia. ...
Myxomatosis (from the Greek μÏξα (mucus), and ματώνω (to bleed)) is a disease which infects only rabbits. ...
Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the alveoli (microscopic air-filled sacs of the lung responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere) become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ...
On March 29, 2005, the birth of three cubs, the first born in captivity, was announced.[7] Four more cubs were born in 2006. These recent births seem to open up the prospect of a future reintroduction of the species to parts of its former habitat where it has disappeared. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Saliega is a female Iberian lynx born free in March 2002 in Sierra Morena (Spain). ...
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