IUCN: Current estimates put the total population of Grevy’s Zebra remaining in the wild in Kenya and Ethiopia at approximately 1,966 to 2,447 (B. Lowe pers. comm. 2008; F. Kebede pers. comm. 2008). From 1988 to 2007, the global population of Grevy’s Zebra declined approximately 55%. The worse case scenario is a decline from 1980 to 2007 of 68%. The number of mature individuals is approximately 750, and the largest subpopulation is approximately 255 mature individuals.
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Grevy’s Zebra
On April - 14 - 2009
Iberian lynx
On April - 14 - 2009
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The critically endangered Iberian Lynx is holding on to life in isolated populations in southwestern Spain and Portugal. According to the IUCN, “There are only two known breeding populations in Spain, and the latest survey results suggest a minimum of 84 and a maximum of 143 adults surviving in two breeding populations. These populations are isolated from one another making them even more vulnerable. There has been a continuing decline due to severe depletion of its primary prey, the European rabbit, by disease and over-hunting, with additional threats of high rates of non-natural lynx mortality and habitat destruction and fragmentation.”
The remaining pocket in Portugal is considered insufficient for continued survival and experts believe this Iberian lynx population is in danger of extinction.
