Life Mammalia Carnivora Felidae

• Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) Scandinavia, Siberia (taiga forest), Iberia, Balkans, Carpathians, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Kopet Dag, Altai - Kashmir, Manchuria, Kansu, Tsaidam, SE.Tibet, Sakhalin, NA (taiga). See [maps] Ilves Eurasian Lynx Lynx Canada Lynx

  • Felis lynx Linnaeus, 1758; ; TL: Sweden
  • alba
  • baicalensis
  • borealis
  • cervaria
  • dinniki ; (Caucasus)
  • guttata
  • kattlo
  • lupulinus
  • lynculus
  • melinus ; (Volga)
  • orientalis (Satunin)
  • virgata
  • Lynx vulgaris Kerr
  • vulpinus
  • wrangeli ; (E. Siberia)
  • Lynx lynx kozlovi Fetisov, 1950; b; TL: Barun-Burinkhan, Salenginskiy region, Buryatskaya ASSR, USSR
  • Lynx lynx neglectus Stroganov, 1962; (preocc. by Felis neglecta Gray, 1838); TL: Glazkovka, Supunskiy reserve, Primorsk Territory, Lake Baikal, USSR
  • Lynx lynx stroganovi Heptner, 1969; (New name for Lynx lynx neglectus Stroganov, 1962)
  • Felis pardina Temminck, 1824; (Iberia)
  • Lynx pardellus Miller
  • lynx sardiniae (Mola, 1908); (Sardinia)
  • lynx isabellina (Blyth, 1847); ; TL: Tibet
  • tibetanus
  • wardi ; (Altai)
  • kamensis
  • Lynx canadiensis Kerr, 1792; The animal kingdom ..., 1: 157; TL: Eastern Canada (Quebec)
  • Lynx canadiensis mollipilosus Stone, 1900; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 52: 48; TL: Wainwright Inlet, Alaska
  • Lynx subsolanus Bangs, 1897; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 11: 49; TL: Codroy, Newfoundland
• Lynx rufus (Schreber, 1777) NA, Mexico. See [maps] Bobcat ?Bay Lynx

  • Felis rufa Schreber, 1777; Die Säugthiere ..., Theil 3, Heft 95, pl 109b; TL: New York
  • Lynx gigas Bangs, 1897; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 11: 50; TL: 15 miles back of Bear River, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Lynx rufus superiorensis Peterson & Downing, 1952; Contr. Roy. Ontario Mus. Zool. 33, 1; TL: McIntyre Township, near Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
  • Lynx floridanus Rafinesque, 1817; Amer. Monthly. Mag. 2(1): 46; TL: Florida
  • Lynx uinta Merriam, 1902; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 15: 71; TL: Bridger Pass, Carbon Co.,Wyoming
  • Lynx fasciatus pallescens Merriam, 1899; North Amer. Fauna No. 16, p. 104
  • Lynx fasciatus Rafinesque, 1817; Amer. Monthly Mag. 2(1): 46; TL: Northwest Coast
  • Lynx rufus californicus Mearns, 1897; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 20: 458; TL: San Diego, San Diego Co.,California
  • Lynx rufus peninsularis Thomas, 1898; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7 1: 42; TL: Santa Anita, Baja California, Mexico
  • Lynx bailey Merriam, 1890; North Amer. Fauna No. 3, p. 79; TL: Moccasin Spring, north of Colorado River, Coconino Co., Arizona
  • Lynx maculatus True, 1884; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 7: (App., Circ 29), 611
  • Lynx texensis J. A. Allen, 1895; Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 7: 188 (based on Lynx rufus var. maculatus Audubon & Bachman)
  • Lynx ruffus escuinapae J. A. Allen, 1903; Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 19: 614; TL: Escuinapa, Sinaloa, Mexico

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