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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Carnivora > Family: Felidae > Genus: Lynx > Species: Lynx pardinus

Iberian lynx - Lynx pardinus (Temminck, 1827)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Endangered (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 5 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	103 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	heathland and shrub woodland and forest
May also occur in	grassland
Natura 2000 species code	1362

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Endangered

Europe

Endangered

Critically Endangered

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000014	Spain	Monfragüe y las Dehesas del Entorno	Map
ES0000024	Spain	Doñana	Map
ES0000025	Spain	Marismas del Odiel	Map
ES0000035	Spain	Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas	Map
ES0000050	Spain	Sierra de Hornachuelos	Map
ES0000051	Spain	Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche	Map
ES0000052	Spain	Sierra Pelada y Rivera del Aserrador	Map
ES0000053	Spain	Sierra Norte de Sevilla	Map
ES0000056	Spain	Encinares del río Alberche y río Cofio	Map
ES0000070	Spain	Sierra de San Pedro	Map
ES0000072	Spain	Sierra Grande de Hornachos	Map
ES0000090	Spain	Sierra Morena	Map
ES0000355	Spain	Hurdes	Map
ES0000368	Spain	Río Tajo Internacional y Riberos	Map
ES0000369	Spain	Llanos de Alcantara y Brozas	Map
ES0000370	Spain	Sierra de Gata y Valle de las Pilas	Map
ES0000434	Spain	Canchos de Ramiro y Ladronera	Map
ES4110002	Spain	Sierra de Gredos	Map
ES4310009	Spain	Puerto Peña - los Golondrinos	Map
ES4320039	Spain	Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque	Map
ES6130001	Spain	Sierra de Cardeña y Montoro	Map
ES6150003	Spain	Estero de Domingo Rubio	Map
ES6150006	Spain	Marismas del Río Piedras y Flecha del Rompido	Map
ES6150007	Spain	Peñas de Aroche	Map
ES6160003	Spain	Cascada de Cimbarra	Map
ES6160005	Spain	Despeñaperros	Map
ES6160006	Spain	Sierra de Andújar	Map
ES6160007	Spain	Sierra Mágina	Map
PTCON0037	Portugal	Monchique	Map
PTCON0057	Portugal	Caldeirão	Map
PTZPE0015	Portugal	Costa Sudoeste	Map
PTZPE0045	Portugal	Mourão/Moura/Barrancos	Map
PTZPE0047	Portugal	Vale do Guadiana	Map
ES4310028	Spain	Río Matachel	Map
ES4320075	Spain	Riveras de Carbajo y Calatrucha	Map
ES6150018	Spain	Río Guadiana y Ribera de Chanza	Map
PTCON0012	Portugal	Costa Sudoeste	Map
PTCON0044	Portugal	Nisa / Lage da Prata	Map
ES4150126	Spain	Valle del Cuerpo de Hombre	Map
ES6130010	Spain	Río Guadamatilla y Arroyo del Tamujar	Map
ES6130004	Spain	Río Guadalmez	Map
ES6130005	Spain	Suroeste de La Sierra de Cardeña y Montoro	Map
ES4220003	Spain	Ríos de la cuenca media del Guadiana y laderas vertientes	Map
ES6160014	Spain	Río Guadalimar	Map
ES6150002	Spain	Enebrales de Punta Umbría	Map
ES4320037	Spain	Sierra de Gata	Map
ES4150032	Spain	El Rebollar	Map
ES4250001	Spain	Sierra de San Vicente y valles del Tiétar y Alberche	Map
PTCON0053	Portugal	Moura / Barrancos	Map
ES6150001	Spain	Laguna de El Portil	Map
ES4310024	Spain	Río Guadamez	Map
ES6160009	Spain	Estribaciones de Sierra Mágina	Map
ES4320077	Spain	Monfragüe	Map
ES4150108	Spain	Quilamas	Map
ES6150022	Spain	Rivera de Chanza	Map
ES4320033	Spain	Rivera de los Molinos y la Torre	Map
ES4310064	Spain	Río Ortiga	Map
PTCON0033	Portugal	Cabrela	Map
PTCON0004	Portugal	Malcata	Map
ES4320076	Spain	Riveras de Gata y Acebo	Map
ES4320047	Spain	Sierras de Risco Viejo	Map
ES3110007	Spain	Cuencas de los ríos Alberche y Cofio	Map
ES4320011	Spain	Las Hurdes	Map
ES6150023	Spain	Dehesa de Torrecuadros y Arroyo de Pilas	Map
ES6150010	Spain	Andévalo Occidental	Map
ES6150012	Spain	Dehesa del Estero y Montes de Moguer	Map
ES4220013	Spain	Sierra de Los Canalizos	Map
ES4320071	Spain	Ríos Alagon y Jerte	Map
ES4320002	Spain	Cedillo y Río Tajo Internacional	Map
PTCON0007	Portugal	S. Mamede	Map
ES4320013	Spain	Granadilla	Map
ES6160012	Spain	Río Jándula	Map
ES4150107	Spain	Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia	Map
ES6130007	Spain	Guadiato-Bembézar	Map
ES6130015	Spain	Río Guadalquivir -Tramo Medio	Map
ES6130011	Spain	Río Guadamatilla	Map
ES6130003	Spain	Sierra de Santa Eufemia	Map
ES4310063	Spain	Río Bembezar	Map
ES4320073	Spain	Rivera de Aurela	Map
PTCON0036	Portugal	Guadiana	Map
ES4320046	Spain	Regato Guadalto	Map
ES4210016	Spain	Sierra del Relumbrar y estribaciones de Alcaraz	Map
ES6150014	Spain	Marismas y Riberas del Tinto	Map
ES6180016	Spain	Venta de Las Navas	Map
ES4310036	Spain	Sierra de Escorial	Map
ES6160008	Spain	Cuencas del Rumblar, Guadalén y Guadalmena	Map
ES6130014	Spain	Arroyo de Ventas Nuevas	Map
ES6130009	Spain	Ríos Cuzna y Gato	Map
ES4220002	Spain	Sierra de Picón	Map
ES6130013	Spain	Barrancos del Río Retortillo	Map
ES6150009	Spain	Doñana Norte y Oeste	Map
ES6150019	Spain	Bajo Guadalquivir	Map
ES6150020	Spain	Arroyo del Alamillo	Map
ES4110115	Spain	Valle del Tiétar	Map
ES4320074	Spain	Rivera de Membrio	Map
ES4110114	Spain	Pinares del Bajo Alberche	Map
ES6130006	Spain	Guadalmellato	Map
ES6180005	Spain	Corredor Ecológico del Río Guadiamar	Map
ES4320021	Spain	Río Erjas	Map
ES4250005	Spain	Montes de Toledo	Map
ES6180004	Spain	Sierra de Alanís	Map
ES6150004	Spain	Lagunas de Palos y Las Madres	Map
ES4320001	Spain	Canchos de Ramiro	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex II: animal and plant species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
	Annex IV: animal and plant species of community interest in need of strict protection.
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (Lynx pardina)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)		https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	Annex I: species threatened with extinction which are or may be affected by trade. Trade in specimens of these species must be subject to particularly strict regulation in order not to endanger further their survival and must only be authorized in exceptional circumstances.	Synonym for this species is listed in CITES. See there for more details.	http://www.cites.org/eng
	Annex I: species threatened with extinction which are or may be affected by trade. Trade in specimens of these species must be subject to particularly strict regulation in order not to endanger further their survival and must only be authorized in exceptional circumstances.
Commission regulation (EU) No 1320/2014, of 1 December 2014, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (EU regulation of trade of fauna and flora)	Annex A includes: All CITES Appendix I species, except where EU Member States have entered a reservation; Some CITES Appendix II and III species, for which the EU has adopted stricter domestic measures; Some non-CITES species		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...s/legislation_en.htm

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Iberian lynx	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Iberijski ris	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Iberski ris	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Liberne	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lince ibérico	Portuguese	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Lince ibérico	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lince pardina	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lince-ibérico	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lynx pardelle	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Pantergaupe	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Panterlo	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Pantteri-ilves	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Pardel lynx	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Pardellos	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Pardelluchs	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Pardellynx	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Párduchiúz	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Pürenee ilves	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rys pardálový	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rys škvnitý	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Spaanse lyns	Dutch	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Spánargaupa	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Lynx pardella	Miller, 1910
Lynx pardellus	Miller, 1912
Lynx pardina	(Temminck, 1827)
Felis pardina	Temminck, 1824
Felis lynx pardina	Temminck, 1824

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Species+	Species+ by UNEP-WCMC
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Reportnet deliveries

Files delivered through Reportnet with relevance to this species.

3 items found, displaying all items.1

Released	Coverage	Envelope	File
2013-09-18	Portugal	Relatorio nacional sobre a implementacao da Directiva Habitats 2013	PT_species_reports.xml
2013-09-11	Spain	Habitats Directive: Report Art.17 2007-2012	ES_species_reports
2008-07-07	Spain	Spain's delivery of 3 July	Lynx pardinus

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