1. IBERIAN LYNX IBERIAN LYNX HELLO CLASSMATES TODAY I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT A VERY SPECIAL SPECIES OF CAT, THE IBERIAN LYNX.THE MOST RARE SPECIES OF LYNX IS THE SPANISH LYNX. ITS NATURAL HABITAT IS OPEN FOREST AND SAND DUNES IN ISOLATED AREAS OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. IT IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, WITH ONLY 1,000 REMAINING IN THE WILD. ITS PRIZED FUR AND LABEL OF AGRICULTURAL PEST HAS GREATLY REDUCED ITS RANGE. IT IS NOW FOUND MAINLY IN A SMALL ENCLAVE IN SPAIN AND FEW SCATTERED POPULATIONS IN REMOTE AREAS OF PORTUGAL. THERE ARE NOTED DIFFERENCES FROM ITS RELATIVES, THE EURASIAN LYNX: IT IS MUCH SMALLER AND ITS COAT IS MORE HEAVILY MARKED WITH DARKER SPOTS. ITS DIET PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF RABBITS AND HARE, BUT WILL HUNT DEER, DUCKS, AND FISH. IT CAN REACH UP TO 54 POUNDS, HEAD AND BODY UP TO THREE FEET, SEVEN INCHES, TAIL UP TO FIVE INCHES. THE FEMALE WILL GIVE BIRTH TO TWO TO THREE YOUNG AFTER A NINE WEEK GESTATION PERIOD.

2. 5 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE IBERIAN LYNX HERE ARE FIVE INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THEM: HERE ARE FIVE INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THEM: THESE BEAUTIFUL CATS GROW UP TO 1 METER LONG. THESE BEAUTIFUL CATS GROW UP TO 1 METER LONG. THEY MAINLY HUNT AT NIGHT AND USE THEIR EXCELLENT EYESIGHT TO CATCH RABBITS. IF RABBIT NUMBERS ARE LOW, THEY WILL CATCH SMALL DEER AND BIRDS. THEY MAINLY HUNT AT NIGHT AND USE THEIR EXCELLENT EYESIGHT TO CATCH RABBITS. IF RABBIT NUMBERS ARE LOW, THEY WILL CATCH SMALL DEER AND BIRDS. IBERIAN LYNX LIVE BY THEMSELVES AND ARE VERY TERRITORIAL. THE MALES MARK THEIR TERRITORY BY WEEING ON TREES AND ROCKS. IBERIAN LYNX LIVE BY THEMSELVES AND ARE VERY TERRITORIAL. THE MALES MARK THEIR TERRITORY BY WEEING ON TREES AND ROCKS. AT BREEDING TIME, THE FEMALES GIVE BIRTH TO 1-4 KITTENS. THE KITTENS BECOME INDEPENDENT AFTER ABOUT 10 MONTHS AND LIVE IN THE SAME TERRITORY FOR ABOUT 20 MONTHS. AT BREEDING TIME, THE FEMALES GIVE BIRTH TO 1-4 KITTENS. THE KITTENS BECOME INDEPENDENT AFTER ABOUT 10 MONTHS AND LIVE IN THE SAME TERRITORY FOR ABOUT 20 MONTHS. IBERIAN LYNX LIVE IN OPEN WOODLAND, SCRUB AND THICKETS IN SOUTH WESTERN SPAIN. THEY ARE THE MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES OF CAT IN THE WORLD, WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDRED LEFT IN THE WILD. THEY ARE IMPACTED BY DROPS IN THE NUMBERS OF RABBITS, HABITAT LOSS AND HUNTING. IBERIAN LYNX LIVE IN OPEN WOODLAND, SCRUB AND THICKETS IN SOUTH WESTERN SPAIN. THEY ARE THE MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES OF CAT IN THE WORLD, WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDRED LEFT IN THE WILD. THEY ARE IMPACTED BY DROPS IN THE NUMBERS OF RABBITS, HABITAT LOSS AND HUNTING. I HOPE THAT YOU FOUND THESE FACTS INTERESTING AND LEARNED SOMETHING NEW. I HOPE THAT YOU FOUND THESE FACTS INTERESTING AND LEARNED SOMETHING NEW.

3. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW FORESTS IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL WHERE THE REMAINING IBERIAN LYNX LIVE, MAKING THEM ONE OF THE MOST CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES OF THE FELIDAE FAMILY.FOREST DEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THEY HAVE BECOME SO RARE. THE IBERIAN LYNX HABITAT. THE IBERIAN LYNX IS FOUND INMEDITERRANEAN WOODLAND AND MARQUIS HABITAT (A SCRUB-LIKE HABITAT OF OPEN FORESTS AND THICKETS), WHERE THERE IS A MIXTURE OF DENSE SCRUB AND OPEN PASTURE