Born in 2013 at the National Iberian Lynx reproduction centre in Silves, Kentaro was released in December 2014 in Montes de Toledo as part of the Life Iberian Lynx recovery programme.
His movements since were followed to the north of the Iberian Peninsula, where he crossed into the Cantabrian mountain range then back into Portugal via the Montesinho mountains.
The last emission from his GPS collar indicated he was in Ourense, some 367 kilometres in a straight line from where he was first released, having travelled 2,410 kilometres.
Kentaro’s whereabouts have been unknown since March this year and he was found dead in Maia on 15 October, having been hit by a car.
According to the national institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF), being run over is one of the main causes of death among reintroduced Iberian lynxes.