Lynx hei

Lynx hei; Temporal range: Pliocene–Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Lynx
Species:	†L. hei
Binomial name
	†Lynx hei; Jiangzuo et al., 2022

Last updated October 05, 2025

Lynx hei is an extinct fossil species of lynx. It was described in 2022 based on Plio-Pleistocene-aged fossils found in China.^[1]

References

↑ Jianzuo, Qigao; Li, Lu; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Wang, Shiqi; Li, Shijie; Fu, Jiao; Chen, Shanqin (13 July 2022). "The diversification of the lynx lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene—evidence from a new small Lynx from Longdan, Gansu Province, China". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136 (4): 536–551. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blac054. ISSN 0024-4066.

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[1] Jianzuo, Qigao; Li, Lu; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Wang, Shiqi; Li, Shijie; Fu, Jiao; Chen, Shanqin (13 July 2022). "The diversification of the lynx lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene—evidence from a new small Lynx from Longdan, Gansu Province, China". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136 (4): 536–551. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blac054. ISSN 0024-4066.

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