Protected animals in Catalonia and Spain

The boar

The boar is a medium-sized mammal bearing a large and elongated head, in which very small eyes. The neck is thicker and the legs are too short, which further accentuated his chubby body, which is higher than the height of the forequarters the rear, unlike the domestic swine, that genetic evolution has developed over the back of his body, which found the pieces that reach more value in the market for meat.

the bear

The bear is one of the larger animals - males can weigh up to 780 kg. His weight varies depending on the season - in the autumn weigh much more than in the spring. This is because during the fall should eat a lot and then survive during the winter hibernation. The body is between 172 and 284 cm and the tail of 6 to 22 cm. They live between 20 and 25 years and eat plants, fruits, insects, mice, salmon, trout and medium mammals.

the lynx

Lynx is a genus of mammals Felidae popularly known as lynx. Four known species characterized by their size, strong legs, long ears, short tail and body more or less mottled. All species live exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, in Eurasia and North America (where they seem to originate). The so-called African Lynx (Caracal caracal), who lives in Africa and much of Central and West Asia, is actually a little cat who keeps some related external similarities with the representatives of the genus Lynx result of evolutionary convergence, such as its tail exceptionally short (little more than a mere stump), and their large ears, topped by large plumes of black hair at the tip used to increase its already large hearing. There are also some characteristic tufts of long hair on the cheeks.

Ernest and Didac