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Captured on Camera-Spain’s First White Iberian Lynx

A Rare Glimpse at Europe's Most Elusive Wild Cat

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Carlita Shaw
Nov 05, 2025
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In the rugged mountains of Jaén, Spain, wildlife photographer Ángel Hidalgo has documented a biological rarity that experts are calling unprecedented; the first leucistic Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) ever recorded.

The 29-year-old captured both video and still images of the genetically unique predator on October 22, using camera traps strategically posi…

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