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Central Asian Lynx

Lynx lynx isabellinus

Classification

Family
Felidae

The Turkestan lynx (Lynx lynx isabellinus), also known as the Central Asian, Tibetan or Himalayan lynx, is a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) distributed in Central Asia and in the Himalayas. Taxonomy Felis isabellina was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1847, upon his examination of a lynx skin from Tibet. Lynx lynx wardi was proposed by Richard Lydekker in 1904, though many authors considered it synonymous to L.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
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