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  • Bird Road Kills on the road between Baltra and Puerto Ayora.<br />
SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY CDRS (Charles Darwin Research Station) ORNITHOLOGY DEPT.<br />
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
A conservative minimum of 25 bird deaths per day.<br />
Amounting to approx 10,000 deaths per year of a mix of 20 species.<br />
There are peaks in the hot season and lows in the others.<br />
Approx ratio of species killed on the road as follows:<br />
Yellow Warbler 51%<br />
Small Ground Finch 16%<br />
Medium Ground Finch 9%<br />
Smooth-billed Ani 4% INTRODUCED<br />
Mockingbird 3%<br />
Dark-billed Cuckoo 2%<br />
Small Tree Finch 2%<br />
Paint-billed crake 1%<br />
Owls less than 1%
    1G2480_Bird_Road_Kills.tif
  • Bird Road Kills on the road between Baltra and Puerto Ayora.<br />
SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY CDRS (Charles Darwin Research Station) ORNITHOLOGY DEPT.<br />
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
A conservative minimum of 25 bird deaths per day.<br />
Amounting to approx 10,000 deaths per year of a mix of 20 species.<br />
There are peaks in the hot season and lows in the others.<br />
Approx ratio of species killed on the road as follows:<br />
Yellow Warbler 51%<br />
Small Ground Finch 16%<br />
Medium Ground Finch 9%<br />
Smooth-billed Ani 4% INTRODUCED<br />
Mockingbird 3%<br />
Dark-billed Cuckoo 2%<br />
Small Tree Finch 2%<br />
Paint-billed crake 1%<br />
Owls less than 1%
    1G2549_Bird_Road_Kills.jpg
  • Maxus Road, Oil road built in 1991 inside Yasuni National Park now showing colonization.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:
    COC1884 Colonization on Oil Road in ...jpg
  • Maxus Road, Oil road built in 1991 inside Yasuni National Park now showing colonization.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:
    COC1823 Colonization on Oil Road in ...jpg
  • Maxus Road, Oil road built in 1991 inside Yasuni National Park now showing colonization.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:
    COC1717 Colonization on Oil Road in ...jpg
  • Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) & road<br />
Santa Cruz Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS,<br />
Ecuador, South America<br />
Endemic
    20141208_Galapagos_Giant_Tortoise_&_...jpg
  • Iwokrama Road. Main access road between Georgetown and Lethem passing through the Iwokrama Forest.<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY1726 Iwokrama Road.jpg
  • Iwokrama Road. Main access road between Georgetown and Lethem passing through the Iwokrama Forest.<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY558 Iwokrama Road.jpg
  • Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) & road<br />
Santa Cruz Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS,<br />
Ecuador, South America<br />
Endemic
    20141208_Galapagos_Giant_Tortoise_&_...jpg
  • Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) & road<br />
Santa Cruz Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS,<br />
Ecuador, South America<br />
Endemic
    20141206_Galapagos_Giant_Tortoise_&_...jpg
  • Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) on road<br />
Marakele Private Reserve, Waterberg Biosphere Reserve<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
RANGE: Savanna regions in scattered isolated pockets of Sub-Saharan Africa.
    20120213_Giraffe_on_road_21_©Pete_Ox...jpg
  • Road traffic<br />
Agra<br />
Uttar Pradesh,  India
    20141017_Road_traffic_2.jpg
  • Road traffic<br />
Agra<br />
Uttar Pradesh,  India
    20141017_Road_traffic_1.jpg
  • Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) & road<br />
Santa Cruz Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS,<br />
Ecuador, South America<br />
Endemic
    20141206_Galapagos_Giant_Tortoise_&_...jpg
  • Road to Gabon<br />
Ngaga<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130611_Road to Gabon_123_©Pete Oxf...jpg
  • Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130526_Road_Brazzaville_to_Mbomo_(...jpg
  • Road in park<br />
Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador) in distance<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Road_in_park_581.tif
  • Dirt Road through rainforest<br />
Iwokrama <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151221_Dirt_Road_through_rainfores...jpg
  • Dirt Road through rainforest<br />
Iwokrama <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151221_Dirt_Road_through_rainfores...jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151209_Dirt_Road_319.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151209_Dirt_Road_219.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151209_Dirt_Road_210.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151208_Dirt_Road_318.jpg
  • Dirt Road through rainforest<br />
Iwokrama <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Dirt_Road_through_rainfores...jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Dirt_Road_23.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Dirt_Road_22.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Dirt_Road_1.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Dirt_Road_1.tif
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151205_Dirt_Road_42.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151205_Dirt_Road_43.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151205_Dirt_Road_45.jpg
  • Road in park<br />
Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador) in distance<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Road_in_park_588.tif
  • Transpantaneira road<br />
Northern Pantanal<br />
Mato Grosso<br />
Brazil
    20160912_Transpantaneira_road_4.tif
  • Dirt Road through rainforest<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151221_Dirt_Road_through_rainfores...jpg
  • Dirt Road through rainforest<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151221_Dirt_Road_through_rainfores...jpg
  • Dirt Road through rainforest<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151216_Dirt_Road_through_rainfores...jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151209_Dirt_Road_217.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151208_Dirt_Road_261.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151208_Dirt_Road_316.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151208_Dirt_Road_302.jpg
  • Dirt Road<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Dirt_Road_22.tif
  • Aerial View of Rainforest & road<br />
Iwokrama Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY2966 Aerial View of Rainforest.jpg
  • Bushmeat<br />
Female De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus)<br />
Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130526_Bushmeat De Brazza's monkey...jpg
  • Bushmeat<br />
Female De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus)<br />
Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130526_Bushmeat_De_Brazza's_monkey...jpg
  • Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica) lioness at edge of dirt road, Gir National Park, Gujarat, India
    Minden_00210347.jpg
  • Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus)<br />
Iwokrama Road<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY875 Brown Vine Snake.jpg
  • Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus)<br />
Iwokrama Road<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY819 Brown Vine Snake.jpg
  • Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus)<br />
Iwokrama Road<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY889 Brown Vine Snake.jpg
  • Florida Pine Snake (Pituophis melanouecus mugitus) on road<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Pine-oak woodlands, longleaf pine forests and sandhills of Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Special Concern
    Pituophis_melanouecus_mugitus_Pete_O...jpg
  • Florida Pine Snake (Pituophis melanouecus mugitus) on road<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Pine-oak woodlands, longleaf pine forests and sandhills of Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Special Concern
    Pituophis_melanouecus_mugitus_Pete_O...jpg
  • African rock python (Python sebae) killed for bushmeat<br />
Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130614_African rock python as bush...jpg
  • African rock python (Python sebae) killed for bushmeat<br />
Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130614_African rock python as bush...jpg
  • Bushmeat<br />
Black-fronted duiker (Cephalophus nigrifrons)<br />
Mbomo market<br />
Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130530_Bushmeat Black-fronted duik...jpg
  • Spotted hyaena tracks (Crocuta crocuta)<br />
Mboko to Lango road<br />
Odzala - Kokoua National Park<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130530_Spotted_hyaena_tracks_2_©Pe...jpg
  • Bushmeat<br />
Western blue duiker (Philantomba congica)<br />
Mbomo market<br />
Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130530_Bushmeat_Western_blue_duike...jpg
  • Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus)<br />
Iwokrama Road<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY878 Brown Vine Snake.jpg
  • Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus)<br />
Iwokrama Road<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY889 Brown Vine Snake.jpg
  • Florida Pine Snake (Pituophis melanouecus mugitus) on road<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Pine-oak woodlands, longleaf pine forests and sandhills of Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Special Concern
    Pituophis_melanouecus_mugitus_Pete_O...jpg
  • African rock python (Python sebae) killed for bushmeat<br />
Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130614_African rock python as bush...jpg
  • Bushmeat<br />
African Brush-Tailed Porcupine (Atherurus africanus)<br />
Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130526_Bushmeat African Brush-Tail...jpg
  • African rock python (Python sebae) killed for bushmeat<br />
Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130614_African_rock_python_as_bush...jpg
  • Bushmeat<br />
Western blue duiker (Philantomba congica)<br />
Mbomo market<br />
Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130613_Bushmeat_Western_blue_duike...jpg
  • Bushmeat<br />
Peter's duiker (Cephalophus callipygus)<br />
Mbomo market<br />
Road Brazzaville to Mbomo (N2)<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130613_Bushmeat_Peter's_duiker_59_...jpg
  • Kanuku Mountains & rainforest & road<br />
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo <br />
Rainforest<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY4097 Kanuku Mountains.jpg
  • Baobab trees beside road {Adansonia grandidieri} Morondava, Madagascar
    1062134Baobab_trees.jpg
  • Baobab trees beside road {Adansonia grandidieri} Morondava, Madagascar
    1059027Baobab_trees.jpg
  • Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America
    20160912_Roseate_spoonbill_37.tif
  • Rock sedimentary strata<br />
Chimborazo<br />
Cordillera Occidental, Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20161225_Rock_sedimentary_strata_184.jpg
  • Rhino Traffic Sign<br />
Private game ranch<br />
Great Karoo<br />
SOUTH AFRICA
    20130930_Rhino Traffic Sign_267.jpg
  • Wooden bridges & Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)<br />
Northern Pantanal<br />
Transpantaneira highway<br />
Mato Grosso<br />
BRAZIL, South America
    82300 Wooden bridges Pantanal.jpg
  • Wooden bridges & Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris)<br />
Northern Pantanal<br />
Transpantaneira highway<br />
Mato Grosso<br />
BRAZIL, South America
    80880 Wooden bridges Pantanal.jpg
  • Wooden bridges & Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)<br />
Northern Pantanal<br />
Transpantaneira highway<br />
Mato Grosso<br />
BRAZIL, South America
    82304 Wooden bridges Pantanal.jpg
  • Lion (Panthera leo) scent marking<br />
Marakele Private Reserve, Waterberg Biosphere Reserve<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
SOUTH AFRICA
    20120812_Lion_925.jpg
  • Georgetown to Lethem bus<br />
Lethem Town<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151209_Georgetown_to_Lethem_bus_18...jpg
  • General Store<br />
Lethem Town<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Dried meat (Tasso)
    20151205_Lethem_Town_10.jpg
  • Wedding cow<br />
Agra<br />
Uttar Pradesh,  India
    20141113_Wedding_cow_7.jpg
  • Rickshaw at dawn<br />
Bharatpur National Park <br />
Rajasthan, India
    20141112_Rickshaw_at_dawn_4.jpg
  • Fishing baskets<br />
Assam<br />
North East India
    20141111_Fishing_baskets_4.jpg
  • Tourist Vehicle on game drive<br />
Kaziranga National Park<br />
Assam<br />
North East India<br />
UNESCO World Heritage Site
    20141110_Tourist_vehicle_5.jpg
  • Tuk tuk<br />
Agra<br />
Uttar Pradesh,  India
    20141017_Tuk_tuk_4.jpg
  • Tuk tuk<br />
Agra<br />
Uttar Pradesh,  India
    20141017_Tuk_tuk_3.jpg
  • Coastal forest with Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing upon Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) and Saw palmetto (Serenoa ripens)<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA
    20140325_Coastal_forest_13_©_Pete_Ox...jpg
  • Coastal forest with Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing upon Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) and Saw palmetto (Serenoa ripens)<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA
    20130330_Coastal_forest_173_©_Pete_O...jpg
  • Coati (Coatimundi) (Nasua nasua)<br />
Northern Pantanal<br />
Mato Grosso<br />
Brazil
    20140828_Coati_1.jpg
  • Wooden bridges & Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)<br />
Northern Pantanal<br />
Transpantaneira highway<br />
Mato Grosso<br />
BRAZIL, South America
    82308 Wooden bridges Pantanal.jpg
  • Logging<br />
Essequibo River<br />
Iwokrama<br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Longest river in Guyana
    20160308_Logging_748.jpg
  • Bridge over Rupununi River<br />
Savanna <br />
south Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151209_Bridge_over_Rupununi_River_...jpg
  • Bridge over Rupununi River<br />
Savanna <br />
south Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151209_Bridge_over_Rupununi_River_...jpg
  • Bridge over Rupununi River<br />
Savanna <br />
south Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151208_Bridge_over_Rupununi_River_...jpg
  • Bridge over Rupununi River<br />
Savanna <br />
south Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151208_Bridge_over_Rupununi_River_...jpg
  • Essequibo River ferry crossing<br />
Longest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil-Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for 1,010 km through forest and savanna into the Atlantic Ocean.<br />
Iwokrama Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    2GY3724 Essequibo River.jpg
  • Baobab trees beside road {Adansonia grandidieri} Morondava, Madagascar
    1062131Baobab_trees.jpg
  • Baobab trees along road {Adansonia grandidieri} Morondava, Madagascar
    1062132Baobab_trees.jpg
  • Quichua Indian on road<br />
Going to a minga<br />
Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20171114_Quichua_Indian_on_road_1212.tif
  • Faunal Bi-passes built under the road for animals to connect between various area of the park. This has reduced road kills in animals like the Iberian Lynx.<br />
Wetland Reserve<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-05-09_36Faunal Bipasses.tif
  • Faunal Bi-passes built under the road for animals to connect between various area of the park. This has reduced road kills in animals like the Iberian Lynx.<br />
Wetland Reserve<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-05-09_36Faunal Bipasses.jpg
  • Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) female<br />
Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
RANGE: Iberian Penninsula of Spain & Portugal.<br />
CITES 1, CRITICAL - DANGER OF EXTINCTION<br />
Fewer than 200 animals in the wild. There is a reduced genetic variability due to their small population. They have suffered due to hunting, habitat loss and road accidents, but the most critical threat today is the reduced numbers of wild Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) within the lynx's range. The rabbits are the principal food source of the lynx and they are suffering from deseases such as Myxomatosis & Rabbit haemoragic virus. The lynx is also suffering from deseases such as feline leukaemia<br />
A medium sized cat weighing 12-15kgs, Body length 90cm, Shoulder height 45-50cm. They have a mottled fur pattern, (3 varieties of fur pattern found between the different populations and distinguishing them geographically)  short tail, ear tufts and are bearded. They are territorial cats although female cubs have been found to share their mother's territory. Mating occurs in Dec/Jan and cubs born around April. They live up to 13 years.<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-04-24_822-Ib.Lynx.tif
  • Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) female<br />
Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
RANGE: Iberian Penninsula of Spain & Portugal.<br />
CITES 1, CRITICAL - DANGER OF EXTINCTION<br />
Fewer than 200 animals in the wild. There is a reduced genetic variability due to their small population. They have suffered due to hunting, habitat loss and road accidents, but the most critical threat today is the reduced numbers of wild Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) within the lynx's range. The rabbits are the principal food source of the lynx and they are suffering from deseases such as Myxomatosis & Rabbit haemoragic virus. The lynx is also suffering from deseases such as feline leukaemia<br />
A medium sized cat weighing 12-15kgs, Body length 90cm, Shoulder height 45-50cm. They have a mottled fur pattern, (3 varieties of fur pattern found between the different populations and distinguishing them geographically)  short tail, ear tufts and are bearded. They are territorial cats although female cubs have been found to share their mother's territory. Mating occurs in Dec/Jan and cubs born around April. They live up to 13 years.<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
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    POX-2009-04-24_830-Ib.Lynx.tif
  • Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) female<br />
Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
RANGE: Iberian Penninsula of Spain & Portugal.<br />
CITES 1, CRITICAL - DANGER OF EXTINCTION<br />
Fewer than 200 animals in the wild. There is a reduced genetic variability due to their small population. They have suffered due to hunting, habitat loss and road accidents, but the most critical threat today is the reduced numbers of wild Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) within the lynx's range. The rabbits are the principal food source of the lynx and they are suffering from deseases such as Myxomatosis & Rabbit haemoragic virus. The lynx is also suffering from deseases such as feline leukaemia<br />
A medium sized cat weighing 12-15kgs, Body length 90cm, Shoulder height 45-50cm. They have a mottled fur pattern, (3 varieties of fur pattern found between the different populations and distinguishing them geographically)  short tail, ear tufts and are bearded. They are territorial cats although female cubs have been found to share their mother's territory. Mating occurs in Dec/Jan and cubs born around April. They live up to 13 years.<br />
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Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-04-24_838-Ib.Lynx.tif
  • Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) Male one year old with GPS tracking collar<br />
Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
RANGE: Iberian Penninsula of Spain & Portugal.<br />
CITES 1, CRITICAL - DANGER OF EXTINCTION<br />
Fewer than 200 animals in the wild. There is a reduced genetic variability due to their small population. They have suffered due to hunting, habitat loss and road accidents, but the most critical threat today is the reduced numbers of wild Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) within the lynx's range. The rabbits are the principal food source of the lynx and they are suffering from deseases such as Myxomatosis & Rabbit haemoragic virus. The lynx is also suffering from deseases such as feline leukaemia<br />
A medium sized cat weighing 12-15kgs, Body length 90cm, Shoulder height 45-50cm. They have a mottled fur pattern, (3 varieties of fur pattern found between the different populations and distinguishing them geographically)  short tail, ear tufts and are bearded. They are territorial cats although female cubs have been found to share their mother's territory. Mating occurs in Dec/Jan and cubs born around April. They live up to 13 years.<br />
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Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-04-24_631-Ib.Lynx.tif
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