The Last Iberian Record of Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx): Osteometry and Historical Implications of the Lynx from Sima Topinoria (Cantabria, Spain)
Eva Fernández-Bejarano, Carlos Nores Quesada, Fernando Serrulla Rech, Borja Palacios Alberti, Juan Martín Otero, Gloria GONZÁLEZ-FORTES, Aurora Grandal‐d'Anglade
The study analyzes a nearly complete Eurasian lynx skeleton from Sima Topinoria, revealing it dates to ~210 years BP and suggests the species persisted in the Iberian Peninsula until the early 19th century.
The Holocene · May 13, 2026Peer-reviewedZoology