New old news on the “Lobo cerval” (Lynx lynx?) in NE Spain.

espanolHay evidencias crecientes de que en Espana habitaron hasta hace relativamente poco dos especies de linces, el iberico (Lynx pardinus) en ambientes mediterraneos y el boreal (Lynx lynx) en los atlanticos y alpinos. La presencia del lince boreal en epocas recientes se deduce fundamentalmente de relatos y noticias sobre fieras denominadas “lobos cervales”, “tigres”, bestias peligrosas para el ganado, condicion esta no asociada a los linces ibericos. En este trabajo se recopilan nuevas noticias sobre presencia de linces en el cuadrante noreste de la peninsula Iberica que desdibujan los limites geograficos entre ambas especies. El contacto entre el lince iberico y boreal podria justificar los indicios de hibridacion detectados entre ambas especies. EnglishThere is growing evidence that two Lynx species were present in Spain until recent times: the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Mediterranean areas and the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Atlantic and Alpine ones. The recent presence of the Eurasian lynx is mainly deduced from stories and news about fierce animals known as “lobos cervales” or “tigres”, these being dangerous beasts for livestock, a condition that is difficult to associate with the Iberian lynx. In this work, we provide new records of lynx in NE Iberian Peninsula that blur the geographic boundaries between both species. The contact between the Iberian and Eurasian lynxes could explain the signs of hybridization detected between them.