| 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: | |
| 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 [1] or the eastern lynx, is a subspecies of Eurasian lynx native in the Caucasus, Iran, Turkey, and European Russia.
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]
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