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A photographer in Spain has located what is believed to be the world’s first-ever white Iberian lynx, which is extremely rare even among the world’s rarest cats. The leucistic animal is practically a myth, as most of the species are usually brown or beige-white.

The lynx spotted in Spain is leucistic, a condition that causes a lack of pigmentation in the fur, but not in the eyes, causing the ghostly appearance of the wildcat. Lynxes are already classified among the world’s critically endangered species, and a leucistic one is extremely rare.

A photographer in Spain has documented the nation’s first white Iberian lynx, a rare stunning leucistic specimen. pic.twitter.com/J2OupqKeMk — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) October 29, 2025

According to the World Wildlife

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