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Lynx canadensis Kerr, 1792

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
InLinnaeus, Anim. Kingdom vol.1 p.157

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Felidae
genus
Lynx
species
Lynx canadensis

Name

Synonyms
Felis canadensis Kerr, 1792
Felis lynx canadensis (Kerr, 1792)
Homonyms
Lynx canadensis Kerr, 1792
Common names
Alaskan Lynx in English
American Lynx in English
Bizhiw in Ojibwa
Canada Lynx in English
Canada Lynx in English
Canada lynx in English
Canada lynx in English
Canada lynx in English
Canadese Lynx in Dutch
Canadian Lynx in English
Canadian Lynx in English
Canadian Lynx in English
Canadian Lynx in English
Canadian Lynx in English
Canadian Lynx in English
Canadian Lynx in English
Canadian lynx in English
Canadian lynx in English
Canadian lynx in English
Canadisk los in Danish
Gato cerval canadiense in Aragonese
Kanada vaşağı in Turkish
Kanadagaupe in Norwegian Bokmål
Kanadese Rooikat in Afrikaans
Kanadischer Luchs in German
Kanadischer Luchs in German
Kanadischer Luchs in German
Kanadischer Luchs in English
Kanadski ris in Croatian
Lince in language.
Lince in English
Lince Canadense in Portuguese
Lince canadese in Italian
Lince canadiense in Spanish
Lince canadiense in language.
Lince de Canada in Spanish
Lince de Canada in Spanish
Lince de Canada in Spanish
Lince del Canadá in Spanish
Lince do Canadá in Portuguese
Linx canadenc in Catalan–Valencian
Lynx in English
Lynx Du Canada in English
Lynx du Canada in French
Línce Canadiense in Spanish
Newfoundland Lynx in English
Râs canadian in Romanian
apuksikn in language.
kanadai hiúz in Hungarian
kanadanilves in Finnish

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Kitchener, A. C., C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, E. Eizirik, A. Gentry, L. Werdelin, A. Wilting, et al., 2017: A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue, vol. 11. 1-80.
  3. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2026). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  4. Sudarikov, V. E. (1960). Order Strigeata La Rue, 1926. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 18: 450–694. (In Russian).
  5. Sunquist, M. E. and F. C. Sunquist / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Felidae (Cats). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 54-169.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  7. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  8. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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