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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Lynx |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | L. l. dinniki
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Trinomial name | |
Lynx lynx dinniki (
Satunin, 1915)
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The Caucasian lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki), also known as the Caucasus lynx [1] or the eastern lynx, is a subspecies of Eurasian lynx native in the Caucasus, Iran, Turkey, and European Russia.
It is proposed for the Caucasian lynx to be listed as Vulnerable in Iran. [2] In Azerbaijan, it is listed as Least Concern, [3] and as Critically Endangered in Georgia. [4] Some work has been done in Armenia to determine a conservation plan. [5] A new breeding population of Caucasian lynx was detected in eastern Turkey, which is facing habitat loss and prey depletion. [6]
Caucasian lynx | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Lynx |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | L. l. dinniki
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Trinomial name | |
Lynx lynx dinniki (
Satunin, 1915)
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Synonyms | |
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The Caucasian lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki), also known as the Caucasus lynx [1] or the eastern lynx, is a subspecies of Eurasian lynx native in the Caucasus, Iran, Turkey, and European Russia.
It is proposed for the Caucasian lynx to be listed as Vulnerable in Iran. [2] In Azerbaijan, it is listed as Least Concern, [3] and as Critically Endangered in Georgia. [4] Some work has been done in Armenia to determine a conservation plan. [5] A new breeding population of Caucasian lynx was detected in eastern Turkey, which is facing habitat loss and prey depletion. [6]