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	Animal Info - Iberian Lynx
		The Eurasian lynx lives in the forest and eats ungulates such as deer, while the Iberian lynx prefers scrub vegetation and eats mainly rabbits.
		The Iberian lynx is placed in the "lynx lineage," which diverged from its ancestors as a separate lineage 8.0 million years ago.
		The decline of the Iberian lynx in the second half of this century has been mainly due to the decline of its main prey, the rabbit (caused by disease and loss of the pasture-scrub-woodland habitat preferred by rabbits) and loss of the lynx's habitat.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/carnivor/lynxpard.htm (1572 words)

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		Iberian lynxes are about half the size of their Eurasian counterparts, dark yellow or brown in colour, heavily spotted, with long legs, very short tails and distinctive fl ear tufts.
		The Iberian lynx was legally protected against hunting from the early 1970s, but they are still the victims of guns, traps and snares, particularly those set for other animals.
		Also, more reliable research into lynx populations, location and the state of the prey base is needed, and it may be necessary to move individual animals or groups in order to aid the recovery of isolated communities of Iberian lynx.
	www.newsscript.co.uk /cgi-bin/newsscript.pl?record=13 (973 words)

	Algarve Tigers and Their Struggles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A lynx diet is minimal diversity, being that 93% of their diet is that of rabbits.
		While the facts remain that the Iberian lynx prove to be very interesting and unique mammals, they have unfortunately faced many trying times.
		Lynx started the loss of their habitat by the simple destroying of vegetation.
	www.whozoo.org /Anlife2002/lexkabbe/Iberian_Lynx.htm (1010 words)

	The Iberian lynx (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Lynx will stalk their prey though their most common technique is to lie in wait for hours behind a bush or rock, until the prey is sufficiently close to pounce in a few lightning strides.
		An Iberian lynx is just over twice the size of a domestic cat, but with longer legs, giving it a more lanky appearance, particularly in younger individuals on their trek to find a territory for themselves, when hunger making them leaner.
		The Iberian lynx as the mediator of the Spanish Mediterranean is to all intents and purposes extinct.
	www.iberianature.com.cob-web.org:8888 /material/iberianlynx.htm (3490 words)

	Iberian Lynx Save
		Two female Iberian lynx cubs have been born in captivity in southern Spain, and a pregnant female is expected to produce two or three cubs in coming hours, consolidating a captive breeding project to save the world's most endangered wild cat from extinction.
		SOS LYNX is seeking to buy pockets of land inhabited by lynxes but which are threatened by new logging operations, and also existing plantations between neighbouring populations in order to create natural 'habitat corridors' to be used during the mating season and to end isolation of groups.
		The hunting estates are vital to the dwindling Iberian lynx population and leases for the rabbit shooting rights funded by the Fundación Biodiversidad of the Spanish Environment Ministry aim to boost the number of rabbits, the lynx’s principal prey.
	www.bigcatrescue.org /iberian_lynx_save.htm (3890 words)

	Siren - Iberian Lynx
		The total effective population size of the Iberian Lynx is estimated at 250 mature breeding individuals, but this figure is still declining due to continued loss of habitat and prey and direct persecution.
		Additional threats to the Iberian Lynx are posed by snares set for rabbits, speeding vehicles on the expanding road network, and illegal shooting by hunters and farmers.
		Much of the remaining lynx habitat is privately owned and there is a need to extend the conservancy of landowners working for Lynx conservation, and to raise awareness of the importance of each and every one of the remaining individuals.
	www.siren.org.uk /what/iberianlynx.html (446 words)

	Eurasian Lynx lynx Carnivora Felidae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Eurasian Lynx was once considered a subspecies of the bob-tailed cat complex that includes the Canada Lynx, Lynx canadensis, Iberian Lynx, Lynx pardinus, and the Bobcat, Lynx rufus.
		Like all the lynx species, Eurasian Lynx show a preference for rabbits and hares, but their larger size also allows them to hunt larger prey, such as roe deer, musk deer and young red deer.
		They take a larger range of prey than the Canada and Iberian Lynx, and thus are not tied to the population fluctuations of the rabbits.
	www.wildcatconservation.org /cats/factsheets/europe/eurlynx/index.shtml (899 words)

	Action plan for the Iberian lynx
		Another remarkable feature of the Iberian lynx is its qualification as the most endangered felid species in the world, given its low total population size, its highly fragmented distribution, and its declining population trend and strong range contraction during the last century.
		Lynx are sometimes killed by hunters waiting in hides for red deer on the large hunting estates of the Iberian mountains.
		The effect of parasites and diseases on the population dynamics of the Iberian lynx are completely unknown, and little is known on diseases circulating in Spanish populations of wildcat and feral domestic cats.
	www.ebd.csic.es /carnivoros/doc/actionplan.html (17021 words)

	WWF-UK: Iberian Lynx
		The Iberian lynx is considered by IUCN to be critically endangered and is the world's most endangered cat species.
		Once common throughout the Iberian Peninsula and into the south of France, there are now estimated to be about 100 remaining as two isolated bredding populations in Spain.
		In addition to this WWF is working with others to ensure the protection and appropriate management of Iberian lynx habitat, in order to improve conditions for this species, in the long term.
	www.wwf.org.uk /core/wildlife/fs_0000000022.asp (1130 words)

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		The main threats to the Iberian lynx include illegal hunting, traps and snares set for smaller predators, the decline in rabbit populations, and habitat deterioration and alteration.
		The fragmentation of lynx populations is a fundamental threat to their survival.
		As the greater part of the Iberian Lynx habitat lies within privately-owned land, WWF Spain's project also aims at ensuring the collaboration of land-owners in conservation efforts ranging from habitat preservation to monitoring of illegal traps.
	www.ompersonal.com.ar /ecology/iberianlynx.htm (496 words)

	Iberian Lynx News: Updated news archive on Iberian Lynx
		However, the level of lynx mortality in and around Doñana is unacceptable given the small size of the lynx population (20-35 adults) and given that this is a prestigious and supposedly highly-protected area.
		Immobilization of the Endangered Iberian Lynx with Xylazine- Hydrochloride and Ketamine-Hydrochloride
		The objective of the lynx breeding programme is to have 60-79 breeding lynxes in captivity from which the excess is to be used for reintroduction, hopefully from 2010.
	www.iberianature.com /material/iberianlynxnews.htm (7953 words)

	Iberian Lynx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Iberian Lynx is perhaps the rarest big cat species in the world, numbering fewer than 500 in the wild, and as such is unlikely to be encountered in the UK.
		Spanish lynx have a brownish-grey to yellowish red coat, with sharply contrasting fl spots and stripes, and a white underside.
		Lynx are shy and solitary, except for mothers with cubs.
	www.bigcats.org /abc/identification/iberianlynx.html (274 words)

	Iberian Lynx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Iberian lynx is one of the most endangered wildcats in the world and can only be foundon the Iberian Peninsula.
		The Iberian lynx is only about half the size of the Eurasian lynx, males weighing 12.8 kg and females 9.3 kg (Iberian lynx: Description and Behavior, 1996).
		It is also different from the Eurasian lynx in that it does not have paws resembling snowshoes because of an adaptation to their warm climate (Bergman, 1998).
	www.rhodes.edu /biology/glindquester/lgp/iberian.html (225 words)

	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Lynx pardinus
		The Iberian Lynx is restricted to Spain and Portugal.
		The population is confined to scattered groups in the southwestern quadrant of the Iberian peninsula as a result of the fragmentation of their natural habitat by agricultural and industrial development.
		The Iberian lynx occurs in Mediterranean woodland and maquis thicket (Nowell and Jackson 1996).
	www.iucnredlist.org /search/details.php/12520/all (736 words)

	UNEP-WCMC - Iberian Lynx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Iberian Lynx are primarily nocturnal, with activity peaking at twilight.
		A captive breeding centre for the Iberian Lynx was recently opened in the National Park of Doñana.
		The Spanish Government is in the process of developing a national conservation strategy for the Iberian Lynx, with the goal of enabling the lynx to occupy as large a range as possible on apermanent basis (Nowell and Jackson, in press).
	www.unep-wcmc.org /species/data/species_sheets/iberlynx.htm (547 words)

	TIME Europe Magazine: Missing Lynx -- Oct. 28, 2002/Vol. 160 No. 18 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		With its habitat shrinking and a shortage of prey, the Iberian lynx is on the brink of extinction
		One reason for the lynx's dramatic decline is starvation — the unintended consequence of a failed ecological intervention.
		To give the lynx a fighting chance at survival, wardens at the Doñana National Park are mending fences to prevent the animals from venturing near roads and other inhabited areas where they might be shot or run over by cars — dozens of lynx are killed every year in road accidents.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/printout/0,13155,366275,00.html (841 words)

	Iberian Lynx
		Misc.: The debate continues whether or not the Iberian Lynx is in fact a separate species from the Canadian and Siberian Lynxes, or merely a subspecies.
		The name Lynx comes from the Greek word "to shine," and may be in reference to the reflective ability of the cat’s eyes.
		The tail of the Lynx looks as though it was dipped in an inkwell being fl all the way around, whereas the Bobcat’s tail appears to have been painted fl on top and white on the bottom.
	www.bigcatrescue.org /iberian_lynx.htm (759 words)

	Iberian Lynx - Lynx pardinus - Spanish Lynx
		The Iberian Lynx is a medium-sized cat with long legs, a short tail, big tufted ears, and a conspicuous throat-ruff.
		With the population declined to less than half of the 1,200 in the early 1990s, the Iberian Lynx is close to becoming the first wild cat species to go extinct for at least 2,000 years.
		Based on estimates of density and geographic range (Nowell and Jackson 1996), the total effective population size of the Iberian lynx is estimated at 250 mature breeding individuals, with a declining trend due to habitat and prey base loss and persecution, and no subpopulation containing more than 50 mature breeding individuals.
	www.thebigcats.com /smallcat/lynxib.htm (500 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Iberian lynx in 'gravest danger'
		Lynx numbers have declined from 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th Century to around just 100-120 today.
		The EU and the government of Spain have actively contributed to the Iberian lynx's decline, WWF claims, by building a road through one of its last remaining habitats.
		The road was part-funded by the EU, and several lynx have already been killed on it, WWF claims.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/4336071.stm (447 words)

	Iberian Lynx in Immediate Danger of Extinction
		Survival of the Iberian lynx is in grave doubt, a Portuguese conservation group said in an urgent alert today.
		Road and dam construction fragmenting lynx habitat, illegal hunting, and a steep decline due to disease in rabbits, favorite prey of the lynx, are the other urgent problems facing the species, Ward confirms.
		All key areas for the Iberian lynx must be included in the Natura 2000 proposal for the Mediterranean region and the Villamanrique-El Rocio road must be closed," Dr. Susan Lieberman, director of the Global Species Programme, said from WWF headquarters in Gland, Switzerland.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/mar2005/2005-03-09-03.asp (986 words)

	Saving the Iberian lynx
		Of the 32 remaining species of big cat left in the world, the Iberian Lynx is the most endangered, even more so than the Siberian tiger.
		The question as to why the number of lynx’s in Spain has plummeted to such an alarming level is down to a confluence of a number of factors.
		In the Doñana nature reserve in Andalusia it is thought that 80% of Iberian Lynx’s killed, die in this way and the proliferation of roads throughout these areas continue to be a huge threat to the species.
	www.babylon-idiomas.com /eng/htm/resources-saving-the-iberian-lynx.htm (504 words)

	Lynx - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most are members of the genus Lynx, but there is considerable confusion about the best way to classify felids at present, and some authorities classify all lynxes as part of the genus Felis.
		Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) was considered to be extinct in Slovenia and Croatia since the beginning of 20th century, but resettlement project that begun in 1973 was a success.
		However spotting a lynx is a very rare event in and of itself, due to the extremely shy and solitary nature of the animal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lynx (599 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Articles - Iberian lynx - the world's most endangered cat
		The scientists, including Miguel, maintained that the lynx; though smaller than lions, tigers and jaguars, was a big cat.
		Peter was hoping for a glimpse of one of the last remaining wild Iberian lynxes, while Miguel was keen to show him that these creatures were far from small.
		Classified as a medium-sized cat by the IUCN, the Iberian lynx measures between 85cm and 100cm from nose to tail and weighs 8-15kg (females are smaller than males).
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/animals/features/200index.shtml (517 words)

	Bovine Tuberculosis and the Endangered Iberian Lynx
		Once TB has been confirmed in a free-living lynx, it is important to determine whether a single animal has been affected or the infection has spread within the population.
		As fallow deer are known to be part of the lynx's diet (12), these results are not surprising and strongly suggest interspecies infection.
		Since these animals are a basic item of the lynx's diet (12), monitoring TB in lagomorphs must be included in a prevention program so that a potential source of infection should not be overlooked.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol6no2/brione.htm (1689 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Iberian lynx 'racing against time'
		The world's most endangered wild cat species, the Iberian lynx, is fighting a desperate struggle for survival, a global conservation group says.
		To help the lynx (Lynx pardinus), the IUCN says the region's rabbit population must also be restored.
		A lot of the lynx habitat is privately owned land, and several of the owners are working with the conservation plan.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/2634853.stm (456 words)

	Iberian Lynx, the last chance. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In October, an international seminar on the lynx was held in Andújar in Spain, home to the world’s largest lynx population.
		They have agreed to improve the lynx habitat by buying rabbits, not allowing hunters on their land, and developing farming and cattle programmes that are compatible with the lynx and its natural habitat.
		Both epidemics were ‘man-made’ and have left a trail of destruction, not only for the lynx but also among other species that rely on the rabbit for food, including the imperial/emperor eagle, one of our best-known native species, which is now in danger of extinction.
	www.thinkspain.com /news-spain/2146 (2255 words)

	Lynx Habitat: Index of habitat articles
		Focus on the Lynx: Excerpt from NINA outlines their 1993 radio telemetry study to better understand individual lynx territory and habitat.
		The Iberian Lynx is Vanishing!: The Spanish lynx has gradually been disappearing from the Portuguese landscape during recent years.
		The Lynx and the Hare: Excerpt detailing the boom and bust cycle of Lynx and Snowshoe Hare populations in Northwest Territories, Canada.
	lynx.uio.no /jon/lynx/habitat.htm (519 words)

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