Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Endangered Species: Iberian Lynx

The Iberian lynx is a critically endangered species of felid living mainly in the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe.

 The Iberian lynx portrays many of the typical characteristics of lynxes, such as tufted ears, long legs, short tail, and a ruff of fur that resembles a "beard". Unlike its Eurasian relatives, the Iberian lynx is tawny colored and spotted. The coat is also noticeably shorter than in other lynxes, which are typically adapted to colder environments.
 This animal was living a wide zone of Spain that was going from Albacete to Portugal and from Avila up to Melilla, but the men exiled it of his fields and destroyed his habitat. They left it without place where to live and without food being able to be tried. And, then, they enclosed the few ones that were staying in zoos.

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