The Balkan lynx is a critically endangered predator found in the Balkan region, including Albania. It weighs between 18-25 kg and has long legs, triangular ears, and a short tail. The Balkan lynx inhabits forested areas both solitary and in mother-daughter pairs. It is threatened by illegal hunting, habitat degradation from logging, and lack of prey. Conservation efforts include protected area status and a recovery program to monitor the population and protect habitats in Albania and North Macedonia.
The Balkan lynx is a critically endangered predator found in the Balkan region, including Albania. It weighs between 18-25 kg and has long legs, triangular ears, and a short tail. The Balkan lynx inhabits forested areas both solitary and in mother-daughter pairs. It is threatened by illegal hunting, habitat degradation from logging, and lack of prey. Conservation efforts include protected area status and a recovery program to monitor the population and protect habitats in Albania and North Macedonia.
The Balkan lynx is a critically endangered predator found in the Balkan region, including Albania. It weighs between 18-25 kg and has long legs, triangular ears, and a short tail. The Balkan lynx inhabits forested areas both solitary and in mother-daughter pairs. It is threatened by illegal hunting, habitat degradation from logging, and lack of prey. Conservation efforts include protected area status and a recovery program to monitor the population and protect habitats in Albania and North Macedonia.
The Balkan lynx is a critically endangered predator found in the Balkan region, including Albania. It weighs between 18-25 kg and has long legs, triangular ears, and a short tail. The Balkan lynx inhabits forested areas both solitary and in mother-daughter pairs. It is threatened by illegal hunting, habitat degradation from logging, and lack of prey. Conservation efforts include protected area status and a recovery program to monitor the population and protect habitats in Albania and North Macedonia.
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Balkan lynx
Alexandra Chavdarova and Kamelia Dimitrova 11g
predator in Europe, Balkan region and in Albania after brown bear and wolf. Body mass of adults ranges between 18-25 kg and it lives 17-25 years. Total body length is 80-130 cm and 60-75 cm in height. The appearance of the lynx is very characteristic. It has long legs and large feed, a round head with a short neck, triangular ears with black tufts and a short black-tipped tail. The claws are sharp, strong, hooked and retractile. Habitat and status • The lynx inhabits forested areas in the most of its range. Lynx are solitary animals, except for females and the young of the year. Both males and females occupy individual home range, which they mark with gland secretions. The home range of the females are larger than females. Distances traveled by lynx per night ranged from 1-45 km. • Balkan lynx is mainly threatened by illegal hunting, forest logging and degradation and lack of prey. Threats •he most serious threats to the Balkan lynx are the low population size, habitat degradation, and poaching. [1] Poaching affects the Balkan lynxes both directly and indirectly. Hunters that hunt the small wildlife and game indirectly harm the Balkan lynxes by restricting their source of food, such as roe deer, chamois, and hares. It is illegal to hunt Balkan lynxes but there has been evidence that there is a market for Balkan lynx fur. [1] Also, some stuffed lynxes are seen as decorations in some restaurants in the countryside of Albania and North Macedonia. [1] Mating • Mating season is from February to mid-April. Oestrus lasts for three days. Male and female often feed together during this time.[19] • Litters can be anywhere from one to five kittens, with an average of two to three kittens. A newborn lynx weighs about 300 grams. At three months, kittens begin following the mother out of the rock cave den to eat meat from her kills. At ten months, usually around March or April, kittens leave their mothers to be independent.[20] Conservation • The Balkan lynx is considered a critically endangered subspecies by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is the highest risk category for endangered species. The Balkan lynx is also protected under the Convention for International Trade of Endangered Sp ecies (CITIES) by Appendix II, the Bern Convention by Appendix III, the EU Habitats and Species Directive by Annexes II and IV, as well as all range countries. [1] • A three-year program called the Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme (BLRP) was started in 2006 to combine the protection for lynxes and their habitats in Albania and North Macedonia. Sponsored by the Swiss-based MAVA Foundation, the goals of the program was to survey and monitor the lynx population, gathering data of their distribution, population tendencies, habitation.
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