Lynx Kerr, 1792 . In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1:155.

TYPE SPECIES: Felis lynx Linnaeus, 1758; type species by absolute tautonymy (Melville and Smith, 1987).

SYNONYMS: Cervaria Gray, 1867; Eucervaria Palmer, 1903; Lynchus Jardine, 1834; Lynceus Gray, 1821; Lyncus Gray, 1825; Pardina; Kaup, 1829.

COMMENTS: Revised by Matyushkin (1979), Werdelin (1981), and Garcfa-Perea (1992), who recognized the generic status of Lynx; Groves (1982a) and Hemmer (1978) considered Lynx a subgenus of Felis .