#0146 · 🦊 mammals
Iberian Lynx
🇳🇱 Pardellynx ·Lynx pardinus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © juan1960 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © CoDe83 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Frank Vassen · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © juan1960 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © http://www.lynxexsitu.es · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © http://www.lynxexsitu.es · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
- 9. © "Programa de Conservación Ex-situ del Lince Ibérico www.lynxexsitu.es" · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Brendan Ryan · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Iberian lynx ( Lynx pardinus ) is a wild cat species native to the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe that is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It preys almost exclusively on the European rabbit. In the 20th century, the Iberian lynx population declined because of sharp declines in rabbit populations, caused by myxomatosis, rabbit haemorrhagic disease and overhunting, fragmentation of grassland and forest habitats and poaching.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,121 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1825 (201 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Iberian Lynx
- Nederlands
- Pardellynx
- scientific name
- Lynx pardinus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Felidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 759
- sightings worldwide
- 1,121
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1825 by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Felidae
#0070 📷 8European Wildcat
🇳🇱 Wilde Kat
Felis silvestris
LC 👀 1 in NL
#0206 📷 8Bobcat
🇳🇱 Rode Lynx
Lynx rufus
LC 🌍 56.3k seen
#0224 📷 9Lion
🇳🇱 Leeuw
Panthera leo
VU 🌍 25.8k seen
#0235 📷 8Mountain Lion
🇳🇱 Poema
Puma concolor
LC 🌍 18.5k seen
#0091 📷 10Leopard
🇳🇱 Luipaard
Panthera pardus
VU 🌍 14.8k seen
#0277 📷 9Tiger
🇳🇱 Tijger
Panthera tigris
EN 🌍 9.2k seen
#0278 📷 8Jaguar
Panthera onca
NT 🌍 9.1k seen
#0293 📷 7Cheetah
🇳🇱 Jachtluipaard
Acinonyx jubatus
VU 🌍 7.6k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 41975, Wikidata Q129727, GBIF 2435261, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.