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Siberian lynx
A Siberian lynx at Dartmoor Zoological Park, England.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Lynx
Species:
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 the East Siberian lynx, is a subspecies of Eurasian lynx living in the Russian Far East, Korea, Mongolia, and China ( Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia). It lives in the Stanovoy Range and east of the Yenisei River. There were 5,890 mature individuals in the Russian Far East as of 2013. [1] Prey include the Siberian roe deer. [2] The Siberian lynx is the second most common subspecies of the Eurasian lynx. According to a study done on the mortality of Eurasian lynx, the Siberian lynx lives to an average age of 15 years. [3]

See also

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. 2015: e.T12519A121707666. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ Heptner, V. G.; Sludskij, A. A. (1992) [1972]. "Lynx". Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Moskva: Vysšaia Škola [Mammals of the Soviet Union. Volume II, Part 2. Carnivora (Hyaenas and Cats)]. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation. pp. 524–636.
  3. ^ Heaver, J, Waters, M. A retrospective study of mortality in Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in UK zoos. Zoo Biology. 2019; 38: 200– 208. doi: 10.1002/zoo.21476