Author: | Schreber, 1777. |
Citation: | Die Säugethiere, 3(25): pl. 109.B[1777]; see also text 3(24):412[1777]. |
Common Name: | Bobcat |
Type Locality: | "Provinz New York in Amerika". |
Distribution: | Canada (S British Columbia to Nova Scotia), Mexico (south to Oaxaca), USA. |
Status: | CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Endangered as L. rufus escuinapae. IUCN – Least Concern. |
Comments: | Reviewed by Lariviere and Walton (1997). Mattern and McLennan (2000) demonstrated that a rufus lynx clade would be paraphyletic. Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Larivière and Walton (1997). |
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