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Lynx lynx (Eurasian lynx)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

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).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. brevirostris, L. strandi, L. calcaratus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Felis lynx Linnaeus p. 43
1911Lynx lynx Thomas p. 136
1927Felis (Lynx) lynx Boule and De Villeneuve p. 78 figs. Pl 16, fig 5,5a,6
1968Felis lynx Kurten p. 80
1980Lynx lynx Kurten and Anderson p. 196
2006Lynx lynx Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Lynx lynx Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusLynxKerr 1792
specieslynx()

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
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:06:54
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:06:54
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

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
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) Felis lynx (76537)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Ukraine Felis lynx (50943)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Lynx lynx (35369)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Lynx lynx (43020 45065)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Netherlands Lynx lynx (109704)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Felis lynx (191730)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Greece (Lakonia) Felis lynx (32062 32082 32086)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Felis lynx (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Lynx lynx (20621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Lynx lynx (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Peloponnesus) Lynx lynx (184243)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Argolida) Lynx lynx (182709)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Lynx lynx (191169)