Lynx lynx

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Eurasian Lynx

Side view of male standing, showing tail, Lynx lynx kozlovi.
1 / 3
Location:Germany, Thuringia, Thuringer Zoopark ErfurtDate taken:Unknown

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1046

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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033854

Original name as described

Felis Lynx

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Wennersborg, S Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

France · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Germany · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Montenegro? · Serbia? · Kosovo? · Greece? · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova? · Ukraine · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Iraq · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan? · China · Mongolia · North Korea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006007

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 66 names and synonyms.

Felis Lynx

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Felidae

Root name

lynx

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033854

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Müller (1776:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37288)
  5. Erxleben (1777:525, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  6. Leske (1779:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  7. Borowski (1780:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  8. Forster (1780:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57573008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69278)
  9. Zimmermann (1783:158, 164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  10. Zimmermann (1783:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  11. Boddaert (1785:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  12. Gmelin (1788:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  13. Link (1795:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  14. Wolf (1796:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  15. Borkhausen (1797:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  16. Cuvier (1797:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  17. Daudin (1802:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  18. Turton (1802:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  19. Treviranus (1802:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  20. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  21. Treviranus (1803:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  22. Goldfuss (1809:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  23. Illiger (1811:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48453838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36105)
  24. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  25. Illiger (1815:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  26. Muirhead (1819:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  27. Muirhead (1819:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  28. Nilsson (1820:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  29. Hemprich (1820:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  30. Ranzani (1820:309, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  31. Desmarest (1821:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  32. Schinz (1821:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  33. Griffith (1822:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  34. Cuvier (1823:441, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52149632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68281)
  35. Schinz (1825:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  36. Billberg (1827:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  37. Lesson (1827:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  38. Brincken (1828:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67578)
  39. Fischer (1829:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  40. Eichwald (1831:377, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  41. Melchior (1834:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  42. Schinz (1837:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  43. Nordmann (1839:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  44. Blyth (1840:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  45. Lesson (1842:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  46. Gistel (1848:258, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  47. Giebel (1855:880, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  48. Radde (1861:678, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  49. Radde (1862:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  50. Blyth (1863:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  51. Murray (1866:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  52. Jerdon (1867:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  53. Sclater (1872:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  54. Severtsov (1873:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  55. Blanford (1875:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68515)
  56. Severtsov (1876:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36030)
  57. Przheval'skiy (1878:20, https://books.google.com/books?id=VvdpnuW5nCgC&pg=PA20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68940)
  58. Danford & Alston (1880:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68533)
  59. Nikol'skiy (1883:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67821)
  60. Acloque (1900:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  61. Ward (1910:506, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  62. Dollman (1932:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69478)
  63. Kurtén (1968:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  64. Corbet & Hill (1980:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Felis Lynx vulgaris albus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Felidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis Lynx vulgaris melinus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Felidae

Root name

melinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis Lynx vulgaris

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Felidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis borealis

(Thunberg, 1798)

Family

Felidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

14

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Wagner (1844:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68331)
  3. Giebel (1855:880, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  4. Jerdon (1867:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis kattlo

(von Schrank, 1798)

Family

Felidae

Root name

kattlo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31376131

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felix Lynx

(F. S. Voigt, 1819)

Family

Felidae

Root name

lynx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

412

Authority publication

Jena

Name usages

  1. Voigt (1819:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  2. Schrenck (1859:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)

Felis Lyncula

(S. Nilsson, 1820)

Family

Felidae

Root name

lyncula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Lund

Name usages

  1. Nilsson (1820:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  2. Billberg (1827:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  3. Melchior (1834:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)

Felis cervaria

(Temminck, 1825)

Family

Felidae

Root name

cervarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52681252

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Fischer (1829:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Ménétries (1832:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41529506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69276)
  4. Lesson (1842:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Giebel (1855:879, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  6. Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  7. Jerdon (1867:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  8. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis lupulinus

(Thunberg, 1825)

Family

Felidae

Root name

lupulinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Denkschriften der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, München

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

56 more names and synonyms available — use the desktop version to see them all.

Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.