The preliminary 2021 monitoring data were revealed by the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF) and may still be revised upwards, “given the vast area now occupied by the species”.In addition to the 70 Iberian lynx whose birth was registered last year – 10 more than the previous year – the data collected also point to the existence of 24 breeding females. In 2020 there were 18.“Seven years after the start of the reintroduction process, around 200 lynx are now referenced, distributed over a vast territory that stretches between the municipalities of Serpa and Tavira”, indicates the ICNF, who notes that “one of the most relevant aspects of 2021 was the consolidation of the population in the Algarve”.In Portugal, the Iberian lynx was, until 2015, a Critically Endangered species.In national territory, this cat was in a “pre-extinction” situation, from which it recovered thanks to measures taken in recent years, which allowed the stabilization of a population in the Guadiana Valley.