Lynx canadensis Kerr 1792

Lynx canadensis Kerr, 1792. In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1:157. TYPE LOCALITY: " Canada "; listed in Miller (1912b) as "Eastern Canada ". DISTRIBUTION: Taiga zone of North America, south to C Utah and SW Colorado, NE Nebraska, S Indiana, and West Virginia (USA). STATUS: CITES - Ap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Felidae
Lynx
Lynx canadensis
Canada
Kerr
taiga
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7288136
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/41263629C3277472FEDBFF7AFC341096
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Summary:Lynx canadensis Kerr, 1792. In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1:157. TYPE LOCALITY: " Canada "; listed in Miller (1912b) as "Eastern Canada ". DISTRIBUTION: Taiga zone of North America, south to C Utah and SW Colorado, NE Nebraska, S Indiana, and West Virginia (USA). STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: mollipilosus Stone, 1900; subsolanus Bangs, 1897. COMMENTS: Considered distinct from L. lynx by Kurtén and Anderson (1980), Matyushkin (1979), Werdelin (1981), and Garcfa-Perea (1992). Weigel (1961) and Tumlison (1987) considered these taxa conspecific. Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 293, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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