Cave lynx
Cave lynx | |
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Jaw bone fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Lynx |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | †L. p. spelaeus |
Trinomial name | |
†Lynx pardinus spelaeus Boule, 1910 |
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
- ^ Boscaini, Alberto; Alba, David M.; Beltrán, Juan F.; Moyà-Solà, Salvador; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan (2016). "Latest Early Pleistocene remains of Lynx pardinus (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Iberian Peninsula: Taxonomy and evolutionary implications". Quaternary Science Reviews. 143: 96–106. Bibcode:2016QSRv..143...96B. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.015. hdl:11336/182970.
- ^ Ghezzo, Elena; Boscaini, Alberto; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Rook, Lorenzo (2015). "Lynx remains from the Pleistocene of Valdemino cave (Savona, Northwestern Italy), and the oldest occurrence of Lynx spelaeus (Carnivora, Felidae)". Rendiconti Lincei. 26 (2): 87–95. doi:10.1007/s12210-014-0363-4. hdl:11336/59435. S2CID 85194755.
- ^ Carlo Meloro (2007). "Plio-Pleistocene large carnivores from the Italian peninsula: functional morphology and macroecology". Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”.