Microsporidia as a Potential Threat to the Iberian Lynx ().

is one of the world's most endangered felines inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula. The present study was performed to identify the presence of microsporidia due to the mortality increase in lynxes. Samples of urine ( = 124), feces ( = 52), and tissues [spleen ( = 13), brain ( = 9), liver ( = 11), and kidney ( = 10)] from 140 lynxes were studied.