Caucasian lynx
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
Synonyms
Lynx lynx orientalis (Satunin, 1905)

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.

Conservation

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Caucasian Lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki)". Yerevan Zoo. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Breitenmoser, U. (2010). Large Carnivores of Caucasus (PDF). 19th International Conference on Bear Research and Management, 18 May 2010. Tbilisi (Georgia).
  5. ^ Abrahamyan, M. (2018). Caucasian Lynx in Armenia (PDF). ruffordog.s3.amazonaws.com (Report).
  6. ^ 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.


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