This article is about the genus of wild cat. For other uses, see Lynx (disambiguation).
Lynx[1]
The four species of lynx. From top-left, clockwise: Eurasian lynx (L. lynx), Iberian lynx (L. pardinus), bobcat (L. rufus), Canada lynx (L. canadensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Feliformia
Family:
Felidae
Subfamily:
Felinae
Genus:
Lynx Kerr, 1792
Type species
Felis lynx[3]
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Lynx lynxLinnaeus, 1758
Lynx canadensisKerr, 1792
Lynx pardinus(Temminck, 1827)
Lynx rufus(Schreber, 1777)
†Lynx issiodorensis(Croizet & Jobert, 1828)
†Lynx thomasiGeraads, 1980[2]
†Lynx heiJiangzuo et al., 2022
Lynx ranges:
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis)
Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
A lynx (/lɪŋks/links;[4] pl.: lynx or lynxes[5]) is any of the four extant species (the Canada lynx, Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx and the bobcat) within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. The name originated in Middle English via Latin from the Greek word lynx (λύγξ),[4] derived from the Indo-European root leuk- ("light", "brightness"),[6] in reference to the luminescence of its reflective eyes.[6]
^Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 541–542. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^Geraads, Denis Date=1980 (1980). "Un nouveau felide (Fissipeda, mammalia) du pleistocene moyen du Maroc: Lynx thomasi N. sp". Geobios. 13 (3): 441–444. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(80)80079-9.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–628. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ ab"Definition of lynx from Oxford Dictionary". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2010.[dead link]
^"lynx — Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online". Longman Dictionary. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
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