Siberian lynx

Siberian lynx
A Siberian lynx at Dartmoor Zoological Park, England.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Lynx
Species: L. lynx
Subspecies: L. l. wrangeli
Trinomial name
Lynx lynx wrangeli
(Ognev, 1928)
Synonyms

Lynx lynx cervaria
(Temminck, 1824)

The Siberian lynx (Lynx lynx wrangeli), also known as East Siberian lynx, is a subspecies of Eurasian lynx living in the Russian Far East. It lives in the Stanovoy Range and east of the Yenisei River. There are 5,890 mature individuals in the Russian Far East as of 2013.[1]

References

  1. Breitenmoser, U., Breitenmoser-Würsten, C., Lanz, T., von Arx, M., Antonevich, A., Bao, W. & Avgan, B. (2015). "Lynx lynx". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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