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Complementary to the previous post I made of the already existing megafauna in the park (north of Spain), in this post I show animals that were present in Holocene-historic times when Pleistocene conditions were already finished, but are locally extinct now. This could be possible rewilding reintroductions in a distant future. Photos: Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber), European bison (Bison bonasus), Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), Cantabrian capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus), Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica), rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta), Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) and European mink (Mustela lutreola).

Many of these animal have their occidental and southern limits in Asturias, so this should be very interesting ecologically. Hope you liked the posts!

Here I present a list of some of the largest and most emblematic wildlife species of the Picos de Europa National Park, first established in 1918 and expanded in 1995 in the Asturias province (North Spain).

Photos: Brown bear (Ursus arctos), grey wolf (Canis lupus), Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), Cantabrian chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), wildcat (Felis silvestris), badger (Meles meles) and Iberian desman (Galemys pyrenaicus).