By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 06 Sep 2018 • 12:08
SPAIN has presented a tragic new list of animals no longer living in the wild in Spanish territories. The official state bulletin list of extinct indigenous species adds three mammals, two fish and eight birds. The list also features 19 plant species. Importantly the report details the steps required for future reintroduction of the extinct species, citing laws from a 2007 Natural Heritage and Biodiversity ruling which encourages Spanish communities to accommodate the reintroductions when required. The monk seal, last recorded on Spanish shores in 1992, is already subject to an extensive reintroduction mission. Members of the University of Barcelona are on the brink of reintroducing the seals to the island of Fuerteventura, Canary islands, in an attempt to form the foundations of a new seal community. The report has identified the valley of Aran in the Pyrenees as the ideal spot to launch a European Lynx (not to be confused for the Iberian Lynx which remains in Spain) reintroduction campaign where the Lynx population is desperately needed to restore balance to the ecosystem in an area that the hare population continues to rise uncontrollably. Here is the list of extinct indigenous animals in full: Mammals: Monk Seal European Lynx Right Whale Fish: European sturgeon River lamprey Birds: European osprey Falcon borní Grévol Gallo lira Greek partridge Torillo European crane Dam Damsel Plants (Latin names): Aeonium mascaense Astragalus algerianus Astragalus baionensis Aurinia sinuata Virous Cicuta Draba incana Kunkeliella psilotoclada Lysimachia minoricensis Nolletia chrysocontoides Nonea calycina Normania nava Oenanthe aquatica Potentilla grandiflora Pulicaria undulata Sagittaria sagittifolia Silene uniflora thorei Aloe stratiotes Trapa natans Verbascum faurei subsp. Commixtum.
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