Lynx canadensis

(Kerr, 1792)

Canadian Lynx

Side view, walking
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Location:USA, MN, Hennepin Co., Minneapolis ZooDate taken:1 January 1980Description:Side view, walking

Distribution :

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

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 587

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Aeluroidea
Superfamily: Feloidea
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Lynx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664181

Original name as described

Felis Lynx canadensis

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AK, CO, ME, MN, MT, NH, WA, MI?, VT?, WI?, WY?)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006006

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 11 names and synonyms.

Felis Lynx canadensis

Kerr, 1792

Family

Felidae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Canada

Type locality

Canada: Quebec.

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664181

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Muirhead (1819:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Desmarest (1821:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:238, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Griffith (1822:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
Sabine (1823:659, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32215466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68385)
Schinz (1825:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
Godman (1826:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)
Lesson (1827:191, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Gapper (1830:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68621)
Lesson (1842:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Sclater (1872:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Kurtén (1968:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)

Lynx canadensis:

Rafinesque, 1817

Family

Felidae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

Rafinesque (1817:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35233)
Brayton (1882:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71942)
Allen (1895:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
Rhoads (1896:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14622)
Osgood (1901:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14861)
Trouessart (1904:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Osgood (1909:28, 80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802635, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802695) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14928)
Osgood (1909:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14928)
Pocock (1917:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69453)
Hay (1930:554, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59236735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43205)
Hall (1934:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69519)
Bailey (1936:271, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
Werdelin (1981:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18082)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:281, 282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12518/101138963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lyncus Canadensis:

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Felidae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729649

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1843:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
Gray (1867:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37913)
Gray (1869:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8396933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

Lynchus canadensis:

Severtzov, 1858

Family

Felidae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

385

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316657

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Severtsov (1858:385, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68920)

Lynx borealis canadensis:

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Felidae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

611

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Lynx subsolanus

Bangs, 1897

Family

Felidae

Root name

subsolanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-1190

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador.

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-1190

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263246

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Lynx canadensis mollipilosus

Stone, 1900

Family

Felidae

Root name

mollipilosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 6905 (= "EAM 141")

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: Alaska: 70°38′13″N, 160°2′18″W.

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24693928

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lynx canadensis subolanus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Felidae

Root name

subolanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

277

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423158

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Felis lynx canadensis:

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Felidae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

507

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016150

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:507, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Lynx canadensis canadensis:

E. R. Hall, 1934

Family

Felidae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

371

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Hall (1934:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69519)
Bailey (1936:271, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

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