Lynx (disambiguation)

A lynx is a type of wild cat.

Lynx may also refer to:

Astronomy

• Lynx (constellation)
• Lynx (Chinese astronomy)
• Lynx X-ray Observatory, a NASA-funded mission concept for a next-generation X-ray space observatory

Places

Canada

• Lynx, Ontario, an unincorporated place and railway point
• Lynx Mountain, in the Canadian Rockies
• Lynx Lake (Northwest Territories)
• Lynx Formation, a stratigraphical unit in western Canada

United States

• Lynx, Ohio, a census-designated place
• Lynx Lake (Arizona), a reservoir

Antarctica

• Lynx Rocks, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Transport

Vehicles

• Leyland Lynx, a model of single-decker bus produced by British Leyland in the 1980s and 1990s
• Mercury Lynx, a model of car
• Mitsubishi Lynx, a 1993 Mitsubishi Motors concept car
• GWR no. 2109 Lynx, a South Devon Railway Eagle class steam locomotive
• Lynx (tall ship), an interpretation of the 1812 privateer schooner, launched in 2001
• Lynx (snowmobile), a brand of snowmobiles
• XCOR Lynx, a proposed rocket-powered spaceplane that was under development
• AA-1C Lynx, part of the Grumman American AA-1 series of light aircraft

Companies and services

• Lynx (bus company), a bus company based in King's Lynn, Norfolk
• Lynx (Orlando), a bus system operated by the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority
• Lynx Air, a defunct Canadian low cost carrier airline
• Lynx Air International, an American airline
• Lynx Aviation, an American regional airline from 2006 to 2011
• Lynx Rapid Transit Services, the public transit system in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Lynx Express, a former long-distance passenger train and fast ferry service in the South Island of New Zealand
• Lynx, an express bus line operated by WestCAT between San Francisco and Hercules, California

Military

• HMS Lynx, nine British Royal Navy ships
• Lynx, an American schooner captured by the Royal Navy in 1813 and renamed HMS Mosquidobit (1813)
• USS Lynx, several United States Navy ships
• USS Lynx II (SP-730), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
• French destroyer Lynx, scuttled in 1942 to avoid capture by the Germans
• French corvette Lynx (1804)
• Finnish 5th Division (Continuation War) or Lynx Division, a unit of the Finnish Army
• Lynx reconnaissance vehicle, used by the armed forces of Canada and the Netherlands
• Panhard AML-90 Lynx, a variant of the lightweight French AML-90 armoured car
• Pansarbil m/39 Lynx, a Swedish armoured car used by the Swedish and Danish armies
• Lynx Scout Car, a Canadian–built version of the World War II Daimler Dingo
• Lynx, a version of the ERC 90 Sagaie, a French six wheeled fire-support and reconnaissance vehicle
• Lynx ATV, a family of 4x4, 6x6, and 8x8 wheeled all terrain vehicle developed in China.
• Lynx (Rheinmetall armoured fighting vehicle), a family of tracked armored vehicles developed by Rheinmetall Landsysteme
• Lynx, the name of military versions of the Cessna Skymaster, flown by the Rhodesian Air Force
• Westland Lynx, a British military helicopter manufactured by AgustaWestland
• LYNX (multiple rocket launcher), a multiple rocket launcher manufactured by Israel Military Industries

Businesses and brands

• Lynx Express (parcels) (or simply Lynx), a UK parcel carrier, now owned by UPS
• Lynx Software Technologies, an American software company
• Lynx Rifles, a Finnish manufacturer of handmade straight pull rifles
• Yashica Lynx, a family of rangefinder cameras from the 1960s
• Lynx (grooming product), a brand of deodorant known as Axe in some markets
• Lynx, a brand of footwear owned by Colorado Group Limited

Computing

• Lynx (protocol), a protocol for efficient transfer of files over modems
• Lynx (web browser), a text-based web browser commonly used on Unix workstations
• Lynx (programming language), a programming language for large distributed networks
• Lynx Point, an Intel chipset
• LynxOS, an operating system
• Camputers Lynx, a British computer
• Lynx family, a family of HP AlphaServers

Gaming

• Lynx (video game console), a handheld gaming console by Atari
• Lynx (Chrono Cross), a major character in the video game Chrono Cross

People

• Lynx Vaughan Gaede (born 1992), half of the American white nationalist folk teen duo Prussian Blue
• The Lynx gang, a violent criminal gang based in Birmingham, United Kingdom
• The Lynxes, a popular name for members of the Accademia dei Lincei, the first scientific society

Sports

• Minnesota Lynx, a WNBA basketball team
• Toronto Lynx, a USL First Division soccer team
• Ottawa Lynx, a former AAA minor league baseball team
• Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit women's ice hockey, a Quebec, Canada college hockey team
• Augusta Lynx, a minor league professional ice hockey team in Augusta, Georgia
• Saint-Jean Lynx, a defunct Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team
• Adirondack Lynx, an American women's soccer team
• Tampere Lynx (Tampereen Ilves), a Finnish soccer team
• Toronto Lady Lynx, a Canadian women's soccer team
• Perth Lynx, an Australian professional women's basketball team
• The Lynx, another name for the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team
• Lynx, name of the athletic teams and mascot of Lesley University, a private university in Massachusetts
• The Lynx, mascot for Rhodes College, a private college in Memphis, Tennessee
• Lynx, mascot of Lindenwood University – Belleville, Illinois

Other uses

• Armstrong Siddeley Lynx, an early aircraft engine
• Lynx (mythology), in various mythologies
• Lynx (comics), three fictional characters in the DC Comics universe
• Lynx (magazine), a Japanese literary magazine published by Gentosha Comics every other month

See also

• Luchs (disambiguation) - German term for lynx
• Linx (disambiguation)
• Link (disambiguation)
• Lince (disambiguation)
• Lync, an American band