In 2000, with a perilously-low population and a decade after Conservation Northwest filed the original petition urging its protection, the Canada lynx was finally protected under the Endangered Species Act and listed as threatened in Washington. .
The IUCN has classified the Iberian lynx as critically endangered, and the Eurasian lynx as near threatened, since 2002.
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It has bounced back from the brink of extinction in Europe but it is still critically endangered in some areas, such as in the Voges, in the Palatinian.
Eurasian lynx The Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx has long, thick, light-colored fur that is silky in the winter and shorter, thinner, and darker in the summer.
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IUCN’s assessment in 2015 has downgraded the Iberian Lynx to “endangered.
The Iberian, or Spanish, Lynx is currently one of the most endangered wild cat species in the world.
A breeding program in Spain has begun a race against time.
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The Eurasian lynx is one of Europe's largest predators.
The Iberian lynx resembles the Eurasian lynx but is a smaller size and is now limited to southwestern Spain.
Trend: Stable.
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IUCN’s assessment in 2015 has downgraded the Iberian Lynx to “endangered.