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Lynx texensis

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8509091https://www.gbif.org/species/8509091
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)233967https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=233967
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Lynx : Lynx texensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Lynx : Lynx texensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyAeluroideaFlower 1869
familyFelidaeGray 1821
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusLynxKerr 1792
speciesLynx texensisAllen 1895
Generic NameLynx
Scientific NameLynx texensis Allen, 1895
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lynx texensisspeciesbelongs to Lynxstated with evidenceAllen, 1895
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Lynx)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. A. Allen. 1895. On the names of mammals given by Kerr in his 'Animal kingdom,' published in 1792. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7(5):179-192

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Felis vulgaris maculatus Kerr, 1792GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Lynx : Felis vulgaris maculatus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1792Felis (Lynx) vulgaris maculatus Kerr
1895Lynx texensis Allen p. 188

References

Allen J. A. On the names of mammals given by Kerr in his 'Animal kingdom,' published in 1792, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7 5, 179-192
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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