Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combinations: Felis (Lynx) lynx, Felis lynx
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Lynx according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006
See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: Felis (Lynx) lybiensis, Felis (Lynx) montana, Felis (Lynx) nubiensis, Felis (Lynx) vulgaris, Lynx californicus, Lynx canadensis, Lynx issiodorensis, Lynx longignathus, Lynx pardinus, Lynx proterolyncis, Lynx rufus, Lynx shansius, Lynx texensis
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Germany (2 collections), Greece (6), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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