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New evidence for the recent presence of the lynx, Lynx lynx (Linnaeus), in Western Stara Planina Mountains, Bulgaria


Nikolai Spassov https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-7457; Assen Ignatov https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0922-8098; Tsvetan Mihaylov

13 March 2023 · volume 45 · (issue 3) · pp. 53–56 · PDF [full text]

Abstract: The data presented here argue for the regular recent presence of the lynx in the north-western mountainous border region of Bulgaria.

Keywords: Bulgaria, Lynx lynx

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Spassov N., Ignatov A., Mihaylov Ts. 2023 New evidence for the recent presence of the lynx, Lynx lynx (Linnaeus), in Western Stara Planina Mountains, Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica 45: 53–56.

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