Lynx canadensis Kerr 1792

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 541

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Lynx canadensis Kerr 1792 View in CoL

Lynx canadensis Kerr 1792 View in CoL , in: Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, Vol. 1: 157.

Type Locality: " Canada "; listed in Miller (1912 a) as "Eastern Canada " .

Vernacular Names: Canadian Lynx.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lynx canadensis subsp. canadensis Kerr 1792

Subspecies Lynx canadensis subsp. mollipilosus Stone 1900

Subspecies Lynx canadensis subsp. subsolanus Bangs 1897

Distribution: Canada, USA (C Utah and SW Colorado, NE Nebraska, S Indiana, and West Virginia).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Threatened; IUCN – Least Concern.

Discussion: 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 .