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--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Felidae
--> SUBFAMILY Felinae
--> GENUS Lynx
SPECIES Lynx canadensis
| Author: | Kerr, 1792. | | Citation: | InLinnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1: 157. | | Common Name: | Canadian Lynx | | Type Locality: | "Canada"; listed in Miller (1912a) as "Eastern Canada". | | Distribution: | Canada, USA (C Utah and SW Colorado, NE Nebraska, S Indiana, and West Virginia). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Threatened; IUCN – Least Concern. | | Comments: | Considered distinct from L. lynx by Kurtén and Anderson (1980), Matyushkin (1979), Werdelin (1981), and García-Perea (1992). Reviewed in part by Tumlison (1987) as Felis lynx. |
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