But the 25-pound Iberian lynx, icon of Spain and Portugal, is on shaky turf. Its wild count is about 225 animals, up from 100 a decade ago but far too low for long-term survival. Hunting ...

Hundreds of years after lynx last roamed wild in Scotland ... He says: "It was about 4 to 5ft long in body, had a long tail and muscular rolling shoulders as it slowly slinked away." ...

A lynx is any of several species of medium-sized wild cats that belong ... They also have long legs and paws. The caracal is a short-tailed, long-legged cat with black tufts on its pointed ears.