According to several specific studies, of the more than 600 threatened animal species in Spain, about a hundred are endemic to the country (ie they are only found here in the whole world). Of these, those most at risk are the following.
one. Typhlatya miravetensis
The only primitive shrimp in Spain has no common name and lives in the muddy bottoms of the Cueva de Ullat in Cabanes (Castellón). While the exact number of specimens is unknown, it is critically endangered as it is a single population that is highly exposed to challenges such as overexploitation of the region’s aquifers.
2. Montseny salamander (kalotriton arnoldi)
Unknown to science until the early 21st century, it lives in the gutters of the eponymous park in the province of Barcelona, and its dependence on pristine, clear waters has made it Europe’s most endangered amphibian.
3. salt water ( Aphanius baeticus)
Also called Atlantic fartfish, this fish lives in salt streams and lagoons in the Guadalquivir basin and has a population of less than eight and is also at risk of decline because they are highly vulnerable to water pollution and predation by exotic species.
4. Weasel (Alytes muletensis)
The weasel or Balearic frog lives in the wildest areas of the Sierra de Tramontana (Mallorca) and its main threats are species such as the cat, rat or water snake, but it is also attacked by the chytrid fungus responsible for death. disappearance of almost a hundred species of amphibians in the world.
5. Samaruga (Spanish Valencia)
Native to the Mediterranean coast, this fish, measuring no more than eight centimeters in length, is in critical condition due to the degradation of its marshes and resources, and pressure from invasive exotic species such as rainbow trout or gambusia.
6. Batueca lizard (Iberolacerta martinezricai)
90% of the total population of this lizard lives at the peak of Peña de Francia (Salamanca), so habitat degradation is responsible for its endangerment of extinction.
7. Gran Canaria Blue Finch (fringilla polatzeki)
Three pine forests on the island of Gran Canaria make up the last strongholds of this bird, and it is estimated that there are no more than 430 adult specimens: The destruction of its ecosystems by logging or fires has pushed it to the top. on the verge of extinction, but recently it has been confirmed that the species has recovered in a certain way.
8. La Gomera’s giant lizard (Gallotia bravoana)
Rediscovered in 1999, all wild specimens of the La Gomera giant lizard were collected on less than two hectares of land, on an inaccessible cliff on the island where they took refuge from their main enemy, the domestic cat.
9. Iberian Lynx (lynx pardinus)
In 2002, this cat reached its historical minimum with less than a hundred specimens, but repopulation policies have made it possible to multiply its number by ten, so that it is concentrated in only two population centers – the Doñana park and the Sierra de Andújar – but also in Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha and even neighboring Portugal. It also spread to
10. Iberian imperial eagle (aquila adalbert)
It is estimated that 80% of Iberian imperial eagle chicks suffered electrocution in the 1960s, but today the populations of this raptor are recovering and recent censuses show more than 500 pairs scattered south and east in Spain. peninsula.
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Source: Informacion
