Caucasian lynx | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Lynx |
Species: | L. lynx |
Subspecies: | L. l. dinniki |
Trinomial name | |
Lynx lynx dinniki (Satunin, 1915) | |
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The Caucasian lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki), also known as the Caucasus lynx or the eastern lynx, is a subspecies of Eurasian lynx native in the Caucasus, Iran, Turkey, and European Russia.
Conservation
It is proposed for the Caucasian lynx to be listed as Vulnerable in Iran. In Azerbaijan, it is listed as Least Concern, and as Critically Endangered in Georgia. Some work has been done in Armenia to determine a conservation plan. A new breeding population of Caucasian lynx was detected in eastern Turkey, which is facing habitat loss and prey depletion.
See also
References
- "Caucasian Lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki)". Yerevan Zoo. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- 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. 2015: e.T12519A121707666. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- Guliyev, S. M. & Kerimova, I. G. (2015). "Modern state of the Red Book mammalia and Insecta in the Azerbaijan territories of the Greater Caucasus" (PDF). Annals of Biological Research. 6 (5): 33–38.
- Breitenmoser, U. (2010). Large Carnivores of Caucasus (PDF). 19th International Conference on Bear Research and Management, 18 May 2010. Tbilisi (Georgia).
- Abrahamyan, M. (2018). Caucasian Lynx in Armenia (PDF). ruffordog.s3.amazonaws.com (Report).
- Chynoweth, M. W.; Oban, E.; Sekercioğlu, Ç. H. (2015). "Conservation of a new breeding population of Caucasian lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki) in eastern Turkey". Turkish Journal of Zoology. 39: 541–543. doi:10.3906/zoo-1405-10.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Lynx lynx dinniki |
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