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Lynx lynx
Description
Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:43.
TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden, near Uppsala, Wennersborg.
DISTRIBUTION: Taiga forest from Scandinavia to E. Siberia and N.E. China; montane Europe (formerly widespread, now restricted to Balkans and Carpathians); Asia Minor through mtns, of C. Asia to Kansu, Tsaidam (Tsinghai), Shansi, and Szechwan (China); Sakhalin (U.S. S. R.); perhaps Sardinia.
COMMENT: Does not include canadensis or pardinus; see Matyushkin, 1979, Arch. Zool. Mus. Moscow St. Univ., 18:76-162, and Werdelin, 1981, Ann. Zool. Fenn., 18:37- 71. Includes isabellina; see Corbet, 1978:183.
PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001015001 as Felis lynx.
Notes
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 282, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF92FFAAFFD85854B97E533CFFF8E771 (URL)
Biodiversity
References
- Matyushkin, E. N. 1979. Rysi Golarktiki [Lynx of the Holarctic]. Pp. 76 - 162, in Mlekopitayushchie: Issledovaniya po faune Sovetskovo Soyuza [Mammals: Investigations on the fauna of the Soviet Union] (O. L. Rossolimo, ed). Sbornik Trudov Zoologicheskovo Muzeya MGU, 13: 1 - 279 (in Russian).
- Werdelin, L. 1981. The evolution of lynxes. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 18: 37 - 71.