Lynx lynx lynx (Linnaeus 1758
Description
Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) —Eurasian Lynx
Felis lynx Linnaeus, 1758 p.43; Type locality- Southern Sweden.
Felis cervaria Temminck, 1827 p.106; Type locality- Northern Asia.
Lynx lynx borealis: Kuroda in Uchida, 1927 p.37.
L. borealis: Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.379.
L. lynx cervaria: Won, 1958 p.442; Won, 1967 p.152.
F. lynx cervaria: Kuroda, 1938 p.40; Won, 1968 p.320.
F. lynx lynx: Yoon, 1992 p.113
L. lynx: Han, 1994 p.46; Won & Smith, 1999 p.20; Oh, 2004a p.154.
Range: The distribution of the Eurasian lynx formerly covered the northwestern Korean Peninsula (Kim et al. 2015; Fig. 53). Only two lynx records from the 1910s at Guseong City, Pyeonganbuk Province and in the 1930s at Deokcheon City, Pyeongannam Province documented its presence in Korea (Won 1968). Recent records of lynx in North Korea are from Sinheung-gun and Baekam-gun in the 1990s (Kim et al. 2015). Unofficial records around the DMZ from South Korea cannot be validated (Yoo 2000). Historically, L. lynx has always been considered rare in Korea.
Remarks: The populations in Korea were once regarded as L. l. cervaria (Won 1968), but this taxon remains uncertain since it became a synonym of L. l. lynx (Won & Smith 1999). Heptner and Sludskii (1972) recorded Lynx lynx stroganovi Heptner, 1969 in Manchuria close to Korea. Without any geographic barriers, L. l. cervaria from Korea and L. l. stroganovi from Machuria could be the same subspecies.
Conservation status: The Red Data Book of North Korea lists the Eurasian lynx as a ‘Vulnerable’ species (MAB National Committee of DPR Korea 2002). The Ministry of Environment in South Korea designated L. lynx as an endangered species in 2005. Although the Eurasian lynx was reported only in extreme northern Korea, L. lynx was considered as ‘Regionally Extinct’ in South Korea and became a candidate for a ‘restoration project’ (NIBR 2012; Jo & Baccus 2016).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Felidae
- Genus
- Lynx
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- lynx (Linnaeus
- Species
- lynx
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Jo, Baccus & Koprowski, 2018
References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Fol. 1. 10 th Edition. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp. [in Latin]
- Temminck, C. J. (1827) Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de mammiferes, don't les especes ont ete observes dans les differens muse de l'Europe. C. C. Vander Hoek, Leiden, 329 pp. [in French]
- Uchida, S. (1927) Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Fauna of Japan. Hokuryukan, Tokyo, 422 pp. [in Japanese]
- Kishida, K. & Mori, T. (1931) On the distribution of terrestrial mammals of Korea. Zoological Magazine, 43, 372 - 391. [in Japanese]
- Won, P. H. (1958) A hand list of Korean mammals. Bulletin of Kyung-Hee University, 1, 427 - 460.
- Won, P. H. (1967) Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna and flora of Korea. Fol. 7. Mammals. Ministry of Education, Seoul, 663 pp. [in Korean]
- Kuroda, N. (1938) A list of the Japanese Mammals. Published by Author, Tokyo, 122 pp.
- Won, H. K. (1968) The mammals of Korea. Institute of Science Press, Pyeongyang, 408 pp. [in Korean]
- Yoon, M. H. (1992) The wildlife of Korea. Daewonsa Publishing Company, Seoul, 142 pp. [in Korean]
- Han, S. H. (1994) The checklist of Mammals in North Korea. Nature Conservation, 86, 44 - 50. [in Korean]
- Won, C. M. & Smith, K. G. (1999) History and current status of mammals of the Korean Peninsula. Mammal Review, 29, 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1365 - 2907.1999.00034. x
- Oh, H. S (2004 a) Order Carnivora. In: Won, B. O. (Ed.), The mammals of Korea. Dongbang Media Press, Seoul, pp. 142 - 183 [in Korean]
- Kim, M. S., Joo, J. S., Oh, S. I, Lee, S. Y., Koh, B. J. & Park, E. C. (2015) Animals of Korea: Mammals. Science and Technology Press, Pyongyang, 211 pp. [in Korean]
- Yoo, B. H. (2000). The wild mammals of Korea. Daruenseasang Publishing Company, Seoul, 244 pp. [in Korean]
- Heptner, V. G. & Sludskii, A. A. (1972) Mammals of the Soviet Union. Fol II. Part 2. Carnivora (Hyeanas and Cats). Smithsonian Institute Libraries & The National Science Foundation, Washington D. C., 824 pp. [Translated from the Russian by Rao, P. M]
- MAB National Committee of DPR Korea (2002) Red Data Book of DPRK (Animal). Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, 316 pp.
- Jo, Y. S. & Baccus, J. T. (2016) Are large cats compatible with modern society on the Korean Peninsula? Ecological Restoration, 34, 173 - 183. https: // doi. org / 10.3368 / er. 34.3.173