Lynx rufus (Schreber 1777)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 542

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scientific name	Lynx rufus (Schreber 1777)
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[Felis] rufus Schreber 1777 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3, 25: pl. 109. B [1777]; see also text 3 (24): 412 [1777].

Type Locality: "Provinz New York in Amerika".

Vernacular Names: Bobcat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. rufus Schreber 1777

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. baileyi Merriam 1890

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. californicus Mearns 1897

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. escuinapae J. A. Allen 1903

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. fasciatus Rafinesque 1817

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. floridanus Rafinesque 1817

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. gigas Bangs 1897

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. oaxacensis Goodwin 1963

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. pallescens Merriam 1899

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. peninsularis Thomas 1898

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. superiorensis Peterson and Downing 1952

Subspecies Lynx rufus subsp. texensis J. A. Allen 1895

Distribution: Canada (S British Columbia to Nova Scotia), Mexico (south to Oaxaca), USA.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Endangered as L. rufus escuinapae . IUCN – Least Concern.

Discussion: Reviewed by Lariviere and Walton (1997). Mattern and McLennan (2000) demonstrated that a rufus lynx clade would be paraphyletic. Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Larivière and Walton (1997).