Feral horses "(Equus caballus)" roam in Galicia's mountains. The broom hare ("Lepus castroviejoi") is an endemic species to the Cantabrian Mountains. The reclusive Pyrenean desman ("Galemys pyrenaicus") is a vulnerable small mammal that lives here and in the Pyrenees. The Cantabrian brown bears number over 200 individuals, who live in the Cantabrian Mountains of southern Asturias and Cantabria and the adjacent portion of Castile and León. The brown bear population has increased in recent decades from fewer than 100 in the 1990s. The Cantabrian population is the larger of the two remaining brown bear populations in southwestern Europe; the other is in the Pyrenees. The Cantabrian capercaillie ("Tetrao urogallus cantabricus") is an endangered subspecies of grouse. Its population and range are declining from habitat destruction, human disturbance, and over-hunting.  9,294 km² (10%) of the ecoregion is in protected areas. Another 23% is forested and outside protected areas. Protected areas include Picos de Europa National Park (661.2 km²), Somiedo (289.8 km²), Redes, (376.98 km²), Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña e Ibias (576.34 km²), Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre - Montaña Palentina (781.41 km²), Ponga (205.06 km²), Fragas do Eume (91.49 km²), and Aiako harria (68.95 km²) natural parks in Spain, and Peneda-Gerês National Park (695.92 km²) in Portugal.