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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) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Felinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Martin (1998), Johnson et al. (2006) and 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) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Felinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Martin (1998), Johnson et al. (2006) and Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
Species
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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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.
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 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 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