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Lynx Kerr, 1792

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom vol.1 p.155

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Felidae
genus
Lynx

Name

Synonyms
Cervaria Gray, 1867
Eucervaria Palmer, 1903
Linx Kaup, 1829
Lynceus Gray, 1821
Lynchus Jardine, 1834
Lyncus Gray, 1825
Pardina Kaup, 1829
Homonyms
Lynx Kerr, 1792
Common names
Bizhiw-ag in Ojibwa
Bobcats in English
Bobcats in English
Ekte gauper in Norwegian
Eurasiese en Amerikaanse Rooikatte in Afrikaans
Gaupa in Icelandic
Gauper in Norwegian Bokmål
Hiúz in Hungarian
Ilve in Estonian
Ilvesed in Estonian
Katamotz in Basque
Lince in Italian
Linces in Spanish
Linco in Ido
Lincse in Irish
Linko in Esperanto
Linx in Romanian
Linç in language.
Lioncs in Scottish Gaelic
Liñs in Breton
Lo in language.
Los in Danish
Luchse in German
Lynksen in Western Frisian
Lynx in English
Lynx in French
Lynxen in Dutch
Lynxes in English
Löss in language.
Lūši in Latvian
Lūšys in Lithuanian
Mežakači in language.
Risovi in Croatian
Râs in Romanian
Vaşak (Links) in Turkish
Vaşaq in Azerbaijani
bobcats in English
bobcats in English
bobcats in English
bobcats in English
hiúzok in Hungarian
ilvekset in Finnish
ilvekset in Finnish
lodjur in Swedish
lokatter in Swedish
lynx in English
lynxes in English
lynxes in English
lynxes in English
lynxes in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Anim. Kingd.
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 91 Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4), 1 (1926)
  5. Kitchener, A. C., C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, E. Eizirik, A. Gentry, L. Werdelin, A. Wilting, et al., 2017: A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue, vol. 11. 1-80.
  6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. SN2000/Wilson & Reeder, 1993
  9. SN2000/Wilson & Reeder, 1993, PaleoDB
  10. Sunquist, M. E. and F. C. Sunquist / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Felidae (Cats). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 54-169.
  11. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  12. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  13. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  14. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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