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Taxonomy
Lynx was named by Kerr (1792) [type Eurasian Lynx lynx
attribution to Kerr discussed by Allen 1895
type Eurasian Lynx lynx
attributed by Allen 1895 to Rafinesque 1818]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Felis (Lynx) by Mooser and Dalquest (1975); it was synonymized subjectively with Felis by Hemmer (1978), Groves (1982) and Tumlison (1987).
It was assigned to Felis by Mooser and Dalquest (1975); to Felidae by Kerr (1792), Cope (1880), Matyushkin (1979), Werdelin (1981), Carroll (1988), Garcia-Perea (1992), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Geraads (1997), Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Felinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Martin (1998), Johnson et al. (2006), Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
It was reranked as Felis (Lynx) by Mooser and Dalquest (1975); it was synonymized subjectively with Felis by Hemmer (1978), Groves (1982) and Tumlison (1987).
It was assigned to Felis by Mooser and Dalquest (1975); to Felidae by Kerr (1792), Cope (1880), Matyushkin (1979), Werdelin (1981), Carroll (1988), Garcia-Perea (1992), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Geraads (1997), Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Felinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Martin (1998), Johnson et al. (2006), Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
Species
Felis (Lynx) lybiensis, Felis (Lynx) montana, Felis (Lynx) nubiensis, Felis (Lynx) vulgaris, L. californicus, L. canadensis, L. issiodorensis, L. longignathus, L. lynx, L. pardinus, L. proterolyncis, L. rufus (syn. Felis calcaratus, L. compressus), L. shansius, L. texensis (syn. Felis (Lynx) vulgaris maculatus)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1792 | Lynx Kerr |
| 1825 | Lyncus Gray p. 339 |
| 1880 | Lynx Cope p. 852 |
| 1975 | Felis (Lynx) Mooser and Dalquest p. 790 |
| 1979 | Lynx Matyushkin |
| 1980 | Lynx Kurten and Anderson p. 196 |
| 1981 | Lynx Werdelin |
| 1988 | Lynx Carroll |
| 1992 | Lynx Garcia-Perea |
| 1993 | Lynx Wilson and Reeder |
| 1997 | Lynx Geraads p. 145 |
| 1998 | Lynx Martin p. 238 |
| 2006 | Lynx Johnson et al. p. 74 |
| 2010 | Lynx Werdelin and Peigne p. 651 |
| 2017 | Lynx Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 38 |
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G. Lynx Kerr 1792 [lynx]
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Felis (Lynx) lybiensis Kerr 1792
Felis (Lynx) montana Kerr 1792
Felis (Lynx) nubiensis Kerr 1792
Felis (Lynx) vulgaris Kerr 1792
†Lynx californicus Mearns 1897
Lynx canadensis Kerr 1792 [Canadian lynx]
†Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
†Lynx longignathus Shotwell 1956
Lynx lynx Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian lynx]
Lynx pardinus Temminck 1827 [Iberian lynx]
†Lynx proterolyncis Savage 1941
†Lynx rufa fischeri Merriam 1910
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 [bobcat]
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Invalid names: Felis calcaratus Cope 1899 [synonym], Lynx compressus Brown 1908 [synonym]
†Lynx shansius Teilhard de Chardin and Leroy 1945
Lynx texensis Allen 1895
Invalid names: Felis (Lynx) vulgaris maculatus Kerr 1792 [replaced], Lyncus Gray 1825 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 14 to the top of the Holocene or 5.09000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.7 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.7 Ma
Collections (192 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemphillian | USA (Oklahoma) | Felis proterolyncis (18304) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | Felis longignathus (18970) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | Felis proterolyncis (18097) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Felis issiodorensis (59167) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Moldova | Lynx issiodorensis (198590) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Felis issiodorensis (22221 22222) | |
| Pliocene | Spain (Albacete) | Felis issiodorensis (40564) | |
| Pliocene | Romania | Felis issiodorensis (39845) | |
| Pliocene | Tajikistan | Lynx issiodorensis (34444) | |
| Pliocene | Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) | Felis lynx (76537) | |
| Pliocene | Kazakhstan | Lynx issiodorensis (34437) | |
| Pliocene | Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Felis sp. (39409) | |
| Pliocene | Georgia | Felis issiodorensis (40392) | |
| Pliocene | Greece (Peloponnisos) | Lynx issiodorensis (34655) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Lynx sp. (35359) | |
| MN 14 | Ukraine | Lynx brevirostris (50913) | |
| Ruscinian | Türkiye (Ankara) | Lynx issiodorensis (34370) | |
| Ruscinian | Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) | Felis issiodorensis (40394) | |
| Ruscinian | Spain (Soria) | Lynx issiodorensis (40548) | |
| Ruscinian - Villafranchian | Hungary (Barany) | Lynx sp. (35354) | |