Endemic species of the Iberian Peninsula. It is a medium-sized felid (males with an average weight of 13 kg and almost 10 kg for females) with long legs and short tail. It has a rounded face, with large ears topped by brushes with black hairs, and long sideburns. The broad, cushioned soles of its legs allow it to move quietly. They are usually solitary and nomadic. It needs good numbers of rabbits, areas with closed vegetation to rest and reproduce and a minimum degree of human discomfort. Although their main food are rabbits also have in their diet hares and mice, as well as reptiles and amphibians, birds, fish and insects. The heat takes place in January and February. After seventy days of gestation, one to four puppies are born. The lynx gets to live between 10 and 15 years. The size of its population has recovered considerably in recent years and, although the species has gone from “Critically endangered” to “Endangered”, some threats to this species still persist. The Iberian lynx was declared a protected species in 1966 and is the most threatened feline in the world.