Cave lynx
| Cave lynx | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae |
| Genus: | Lynx |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | L. p. spelaeus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Lynx pardinus spelaeus | |
The cave lynx or Mediterranean cave lynx (Lynx spelaeus or Lynx pardinus spelaeus) is an extinct felid species that lived during the Pleistocene. It is controversially discussed to be a subspecies of the modern Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) and to be a junior synonym of this species.[1]
Fossils have been found from the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Italy and France.[2] Body mass reconstructions estimate this lynx to weigh about 23 kg.[3]
References
- ^ Alberto Boscaini, David Alba, Juan F. Beltr, Salvador Moy, Joan Madurell-Malapeira, 2016: Latest Early Pleistocene remains of Lynx pardinus (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Iberian Peninsula: Taxonomy and evolutionary implications
- ^ Elena Ghezzo, Alberto Boscaini, Joan Madurell-Malapeira, Lorenzo Rook, 2014: Lynx remains from the Pleistocene of Valdemino cave (Savona, Northwestern Italy), and the oldest occurrence of Lynx spelaeus (Carnivora, Felidae), Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- ^ Carlo Meloro, 2007: Plio-Pleistocene large carnivores from the Italian peninsula: functional morphology and macroecology, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, http://www.fedoa.unina.it/1935/1/Meloro_Scienze_Terra.pdf