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Assessment of the Conservation Efforts to Prevent Extinction of the Iberian Lynx FRANCISCO PALOMARES,?? ALEJANDRO RODR′IGUEZ,? ELOY REVILLA,? JOSE′ VICENTE LO′ PEZ-BAO,? AND JAVIER CALZADA? ? Department of Conservation Biology, Estacio′n Biolo′gica de Don?ana (CSIC), Ame′rico Vespucio s/n, Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Sevilla, Spain ?Departamento de Biolog′?a Ambiental y Salud Pu′blica, Universidad de Huelva, Av Fuerzas Armadas s/n, 21071 Huelva, Spain Abstract: The Iberian lynx ( Lynx pardinus) may be the first charismatic felid to become extinct in a high-income country, despite decade