Overview
- Photographer Ángel Hidalgo obtained clear photos and video on October 22 in a sierra of Jaén after months of camera‑trap work.
- Project Lynx says the whitening affects pheomelanin while dark spots persist, consistent with a temporary, non‑genetic pigment change.
- A prior female from the Montoro/Córdoba population displayed the same whitening and later regained normal coloration.
- Authorities are examining environmental exposure or individual hypersensitivity as possible triggers and are withholding the precise site to protect the animal.
- Experts report normal behavior and health and have corrected media reports that described the lynx as leucistic.