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Lynx rufus escuinapae  J. A. Allen, 1903
Taxonomic Serial No.: 203550

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Common Name(s): Mexican bobcat [English]
 
  Valid Name: Lynx rufus (Schreber, 1777)
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner   
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Lynx rufus escuinapae    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft   
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Lynx rufus escuinapae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lynx rufus escuinapae   
       
  Source: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program-03/01, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/   
  Reference for: Lynx rufus escuinapae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hall, E. Raymond   
  Publication Date: 1981   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Mammals of North America, vols. I and II, 2nd ed.   
  Page(s): 1181   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lynx rufus escuinapae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kitchener, A. C., C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, E. Eizirik, A. Gentry, L. Werdelin, A. Wilting, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cat News Special Issue, vol. 11   
  Page(s): 1-80   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1027-2992   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lynx rufus escuinapae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sunquist, M. E. and F. C. Sunquist / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Felidae (Cats)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores   
  Page(s): 54-169   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-49   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lynx rufus escuinapae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lynx rufus escuinapae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals   
  Page(s): xxv + 750   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-845-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lynx rufus escuinapae   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

   

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: U.S. ESA - Endangered  
    'The status of bobcats in Mexico (L. r. esquinapae and L. r. oaxacensis) needs to be clarified' (Kitchener, 2017)  
 

 

   


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