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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.
In the three countries, the Eurasian lynx is listed as an endangered species and protected by law. Realistic population estimates are 40 lynx in Slovenia, 40–60 in Croatia, and more than 50 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Croatian massif Risnjak in Risnjak National Park got its name from the Croatian word for the lynx, ris. [citation needed]
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 2024 update also highlights the Asian elephant in Borneo as an endangered species. It is estimated that only about 1,000 Bornean elephants remain in the wild, according to IUCN analysis ...
The taiga is inhabited by many species, some of which are endangered, and include the Canadian lynx, gray wolf, and grizzly bear. The Canadian lynx is one well-known animal to inhabit the North American taiga region and is listed as threatened in the U.S. The mother lynx will have a litter of about 4 kittens in the spring.
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 Iberian lynx is suggested to have evolved from Lynx issiodorensis. [12] [13] Its earliest known fossil remains date to the end of the Early Pleistocene, around one million years ago. [1] The Iberian lynx genetically diverged as a unique species 1.98 to 0.7 million years ago.