Biology:Lynx hei

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Short description: Extinct species of lynx

Lynx hei
Temporal range: Pliocene–Pleistocene
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Lynx
Species:
L. hei
Binomial name
Lynx hei
Jiangzuo et al., 2022

Lynx hei is an extinct fossil species of lynx. It was described in 2022 based on Plio-Pleistocene-aged fossils found in China.[1]

References

  1. Jianzuo, Qigao; Li, Lu; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Wang, Shiqi; Li, Shijie; Fu, Jiao; Chen, Shanqin (2022-07-13). "The diversification of the lynx lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene—evidence from a new small Lynx from Longdan, Gansu Province, China" (in en). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 136 (4): 536–551. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blac054. ISSN 0024-4066. https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/136/4/536/6596635. 

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