While their name comes from a Greek word meaning “to shine”—because of their reflective eyes—their defining features are the prominent tufts of hair above their ears, and their short, stubby tails
of three pairs of Eurasian lynx to Croatia in 1973, 70 years after the last native animal was lost, seemed successful at first. But the population suffered from inbreeding, and there are now new projects aiming to add genetic diversity into the population by introducing new members.Lynx are crepuscular: they sleep through the day and are active at dawn and dusk.
The Iberian lynx was once the most endangered cat on the planet. But thanks to conservation efforts it has been reclassified from critically endangered to endangered, with at least 1,100 animals scattered across Spain and Portugal.Lynx went extinct in the United Kingdom around 200 A.D. but some have suggested reintroducing the species in Scotland to help manage booming deer populations.
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