Lynx Pardinus

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Lynx pardinus

Common name (spanish):

Lince ibérico.

Habitat location: Spain and portugal.


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Adrián de Nicolás ValdésMarta Rodríguez Linares

Picture on the front:One female lyn called !"#runette"" in an image ta$en by the Program %&situ Conser'ation

of the berian Lyn..lynesitu.es *P+O,+- %/&S01 CO2S%+3-0O2 O4 #%+-2 L52/.


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- common ancestorL52/. #obcats are medium&si6ed cats. 0here arefour species in the orld:

0he Canadian lynx in Canada. Lynxcanadensis

Bobcat or Red lynx in the 1nited States.Lynx rufus.

0he Eurasian lynx or Boreal lynx7 in muchpart of %urope and -sia. Lynx lynx.

0he Iberian lynx7 uni8ue in the berianPeninsula. Lynx pardinus.


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Scientists currently place the originof bobcats in 2orth -merica.

-bout 9. million years ago the earliest $nonspecies of the genus Lyn di;ered: 0he bobcat (Lyn rufus)7 hich sur'i'es today

in 2orth -merica 3illafranchian lyn (Lyn issiodorensis)7 hich

became etinct in the Pleistocene. 4rom Lyn issiodorensis is thought to originate

the other three species of noadays7migrating to %urasia 'ia the #ering Strait.


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4or insulation in southern %urope during the

Pleistocene glaciations7 lyn ca'ern arises (Lyn(pardinus) spelaea)7 hose remains ere depositedin ca'es.0his species is the direct ancestor of theberian lyn (Lyn pardinus).

0his %uropean Lyn had a higher body si6e than theiberian lyn and smaller than boreal lyn (lynx lynx )

-s in so many species7 %urasian glaciations appearto play an important role in speciation lyn7 and sofragmentation and isolation in the Pleistocene ariseboreal lyn in -sia and the Canada lyn (Lyncanadensis) in -merica. -lthough the other species

of lyn ha'e large ranges of distribution but theberian lyn ha'e been historicaly distributedeclusi'ely in the berian Peninsula


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Hoe'er7 the body si6es of the four ha'e been the origin ofadaptations of each species to their habitat and diet7 rangingfrom the bobcat7 the smallest of them7 hich is around < $gmiddleeight to Lyn boreal7 hich can reach 9= $g.

2o onder thatthese four speciesha'e some commoncharacteristics such

as short tail7 earsith a tuft of longhairs at its tip(called brushes)and beards.


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Lyn pardinus

0he most endangered feline in the orld li'esin -ndalucia.

Popularly $non as iberian lyn and in hisscienti>c name as Lynx pardinus7 this feline

once as idely distributed by the peninsulabut has no seen its presence so drasticallyreduced that only ha'e to natural poblations.

One in the 'icinity of the 2ational Par$ of?o@ana and another in Sierra orena.

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0he berian lyn is one meter long and half ameter high. 4emales eigh about A= $gshile males can reach A $gs. 0hey di;erfrom the rest by ha'ing a blemished s$in and

its largar Khis$ersK and KbrushesK (hair tuftsat the ends of the ears)7 higher than therelati'es.

ts dentition is a strict carni'ore7 ith largecanines for the $illing blo7 carnassials totear large chun$s of meat and small incisors.

0he dental formula is 9.A..A*9.A..A.

Physiognomy


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Heather of its fur7 hich gi'es him theability to blend ith the chiaroscuro of

thic$et here the he lur$s. 3arieties of his cloa$ usually grouped into

Kthic$ spec$K7 KintermediateK and K>nedustK.


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0aonomy

0he berian lyn (Lynx pardinus) asformerly considered a subspecies of lyn

(Lyn lyn)7 a species that is distributedthroughout %urope and -sia. #ut thestudy of morphology7 especially of thes$ull and dentition and molecular ?2-

studies ha'e shon that the berian lynis a di;erent species.


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%cology

ouble s!ecialist" #ro!$ic %!ecialist: their diet consists of D

approimately rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). t is ahunter stal$ing7 he hides in the bushes and approachesits prey stealthily to remain at a distance suMcient to

capture one or to agile and precise mo'ements.+abbit pro'ides the


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lyn stal$ing

,ar>o7 one lyn of the esitu program hunting.

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&abitat"Vegetation ty!ical o' t$e Mediterranean

'orest( consisting !redo)inantly $ard*ood'orest and scrubland lesser extent( borderinggrasslands +Monte Mediterranean,-

#$is extre)e s!ecialization )a.es it /erysuccess'ul in !laces *ell re!resented *it$bot$ re0uire)ents( but $as also been $isundoing- #$e disa!!earance o' $abitat *ell!reser/ed and t$e dra)atic decline in rabbit

!o!ulations( cou!led *it$ direct !ersecutiono' )an( !laced $i) on t$e /erge o' extinction+distribution and e/olution,-


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+eproducti'e biology ealousy is often in anuary and most birthsta$e place in arch7 although it is possible toobser'e in other months (3al'erde7 ABJ.Palomares et al7 ==).

Often deli'eries of 'arious neighboringfemales are synchronous7 ith or 9 daysapart. 0he a'erage litter si6e of 9.= pups(most $non: pups).

ost births ta$e place in ?o@ana in arch (n

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%thology-cti'ity : 0he lyn is mainly nocturnal and crepuscular (#eltrQn

and ?elibes7 ABB). . ?uring the inter the proportion of acti'ity during the day and e'ening. 0he acti'ity

decreases in rainy periods and

high temperatures during the editerranean summer.any of these guidelines ha'e been

interpreted as an indirect e;ect of these and otheren'ironmental factors (for eample7 the

night lighting lin$ed to the lunar phase) on the acti'ity

and a'ailability of rabbits


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t is a solitary species7 mar$ing his territory7 about

9& $m7 ith olfactory cues and play for him ithother indi'iduals of the same se. n this sense7also pursues and $ills other predators of rabbits asthe genet (,enetta ,enetta)7 foes (3ulpes 'ulpes)and the mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon).

0hese carni'ores a'oid lyn territory7 hich ma$esthe number of rabbits consumed is less thanelsehere and therefore its population is greater. 5ou could say it is the best guard hunting.

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