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Taxonomy
Felis lynx was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Felis (Lynx) lynx by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927); it was recombined as Lynx lynx by Thomas (1911), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Johnson et al. (2006) and Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
It was recombined as Felis (Lynx) lynx by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927); it was recombined as Lynx lynx by Thomas (1911), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Johnson et al. (2006) and Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Felis lynx Linnaeus p. 43 |
1911 | Lynx lynx Thomas p. 136 |
1927 | Felis (Lynx) lynx Boule and De Villeneuve p. 78 figs. Pl 16, fig 5,5a,6 |
1968 | Felis lynx Kurten p. 80 |
1980 | Lynx lynx Kurten and Anderson p. 196 |
2006 | Lynx lynx Johnson et al. p. 74 |
2017 | Lynx lynx Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 42 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Lynx lynx Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian lynx]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Holocene or 3.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (16 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pliocene | Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) | Felis lynx (76537) | |
MN 15 - MN 16 | Ukraine | Felis lynx (50943) | |
Villanyian | Hungary (Barany) | Lynx lynx (35369) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Thüringen) | Lynx lynx (43020 45065) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Netherlands | Lynx lynx (109704) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Felis lynx (191730) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Lakonia) | Felis lynx (32062 32082 32086) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Felis lynx (93141) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Wyoming) | Lynx lynx (20621) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Lynx lynx (184245) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Lynx lynx (184243) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Argolida) | Lynx lynx (182709) | |
Holocene | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Lynx lynx (191169) |