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According to IUCN Red List criteria, the Balkan
lynx population is Critically Endangered CR(C2a(i,
ii)D). The total
size of the population is estimated to be about 20-44
individuals at best, distributed over different patches,
indicating a strong population fragmentation. Local
experts indicated a decrease for both population size
and trend in 1990-1995 as well as 1996-2001.The latest
assessment done in the frame of the Balkan Lynx Recovery
Programme in Macedonia and Albania and taking into account
the local ecological knowledge, revealed that in Albania
due to the lack of knowledge the population trend cannot
be assess, while in Macedonia the figures show decline.
So far, there is only one known core area, where reproduction
is confirmed.
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