This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (June 2024) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Lynx |
| Species: | †L. hei
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| †Lynx hei Jiangzuo et al., 2022
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Lynx hei is an extinct fossil species of lynx. It was described in 2022 based on Plio-Pleistocene-aged fossils found in China.[1]
References
- ^ Jianzuo, Qigao; Li, Lu; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Wang, Shiqi; Li, Shijie; Fu, Jiao; Chen, Shanqin (13 July 2022). "The diversification of the lynx lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene—evidence from a new small Lynx from Longdan, Gansu Province, China". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136 (4): 536–551. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blac054. ISSN 0024-4066.