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Lince ibérico (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, España, 2021 12 19, DD 07🐈

Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0

SpeciesCarnivoraFelidae
Carnivores

🐈Iberian lynx

Lynx pardinus (Temminck, 1827)

Rys iberský (dříve Felis pardina, dnes Lynx pardinus nebo Lynx pardina), též rys pardálový nebo rys španělský, je kočkovitá šelma vyskytující se endemicky v jihozápadní části Pyrenejského poloostrova. Je to ohrožený druh, počátkem 21. století byl několik let i kriticky ohrožený. V roce 2016 žilo přibližně 400 jedinců ve čtyřech španělských populacích v oblastech Doñana, Sierra Morena, Montes de Toledo, Valley Matachel a v portugalském Vale do Guadiana. Oproti roku 2014 to byl nárůst o téměř 100 kusů. V roce 2017 populace čítala asi 475–606 jedinců, v roce 2020 už 855 jedinců a díky dosavadní systematické ochraně a zřízeným chovným stanicím, které vrací rysy do přírody, aktuálně vzrostla populace na více než 2 000 jedinců.

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Measurements
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≈ 1/6th of your weight
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendIncreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
10 kg
Body length
1.03 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
13 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Iberian lynx

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
10 kg
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  • 11 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length
1.03 m
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Maximum lifespan
13 years
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Generation length
4.32 years
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Gestation
68 days
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  • 68 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter size
about 3
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  • 2.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic level
Carnivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Home range
7.19 km²
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Population density
0.32 per km²
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Volume l
10 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Iberian lynx yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyFelidae
  6. ›genusLynx
  7. ›speciesLynx pardinus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. familyFelidae
  4. genusLynx
All 14 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderFeliformia
  13. familyFelidae
  14. genusLynx
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More about the Iberian lynx

Closest relative on this site
🐈 Canada lynx — last shared an ancestor ≈ 1.1 million years ago.
What it eats
warm-blooded animals100%
In other languages
ryś iberyjski (pl), lince ibérico (es), ibériai hiúz (hu), Panterlo (sv), pardellynx (nl), Lince-ibérico (pt) … and 27 more languages
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Lince ibérico (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, España, 2021 12 19, DD 07F 18.04.02 Observatorio Lince PTA GC.190 1 (27314142758) (cropped)F 18.04.02 Observatorio Lince PTA GC.190 1 (27314142758)
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