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In both countries, the lynx is listed as an endangered species and protected by law. The lynx was distributed throughout Japan during Jōmon period; with no paleontological evidence thereafter suggesting extinction at that time. [34] Several lynx resettlement projects begun in the 1970s have been successful in various regions of Switzerland.
The Balkan lynx is considered a critically endangered subspecies by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is the highest risk category for endangered species. The Balkan lynx is also protected under the Convention for International Trade of Endangered Species (CITIES) by Appendix II, the Bern Convention by Appendix III ...
After edging close to extinction, there are now some 2,000 Iberian lynxes in Spain and Portugal. ... Three decades after Spain decided to save the lynx, the species is no longer endangered, and ...
The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. It is widely distributed from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia and Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas. It inhabits temperate and boreal forests up to an elevation of 5,500 m (18,000 ft).
Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction — 1,000 more than last year — according to an international conservation organization that blames pressures from climate change, invasive ...
The Iberian lynx genetically diverged as a unique species 1.98 to 0.7 million years ago. Its closest living relative is the Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ) with which it coexisted to a certain degree until the 20th century.
Canada lynx in the lower 48 were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2000." U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published the proposed rule in the Federal Register on November 29 ...
The Eurasian lynx is the largest of the lynx species, This has allowed the Eurasian lynx to have a range that extends through all of Europe, Central Asia, and East Asia.Poaching and organized ...