Turkestan lynx

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Turkestan lynx
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Lynx
Species:
L. lynx
Subspecies:
L. l. isabellinus
Trinomial name
Lynx lynx isabellinus
(Blyth, 1847) [1]
Synonyms

Lynx lynx tibetanus(Gray, 1863), Lynx lynx kamensis(Satunin, 1905)

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The Turkestan lynx (Lynx lynx isabellinus) is a subspecies of Eurasian lynx native to Central Asia. It is also known as Central Asian lynx, Tibetan lynx or Himalayan lynx. It is widespread from Central Asia, continental South Asia to China and Mongolia. About 27,000 mature individuals have been estimated to occur in China as of 2013. [2]

Taxonomy

Felis isabellina was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1847 for a lynx skin from Tibet. [3] Lynx lynx wardi was proposed by Richard Lydekker in 1904. However, most authors considered it as synonymous to Lynx lynx isabelinus. [4] Further investigations are in need in order to declare it whether as a separate subspecies or not. As of today, wardi is sometimes regarded as a synonym to isabellinus. [2] [1]

Distribution and habitat

The Turkestan lynx occurs in Central Asia from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan to Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and China. It lives mostly in open woodlands, steppe and rocky hills. [2] In the Indian Himalayas, individuals were sighted at an elevation of 4,900 m (16,100 ft) in Hemis National Park and at 4,800 m (15,700 ft) on the Changtang Plateau in Ladakh. [5] [6]

Conservation

The Turkestan lynx has been protected under Schedule I of India's Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. [6] In Afghanistan, it is considered threatened. [7] It is listed as Near Threatened on Pakistan's and Mongolia's national Red Lists. [8] [9] It is listed as Endangered in China, [10] Turkmenistan, [11] Tajikistan [12] and as Vulnerable in Nepal [13] and Uzbekistan. [14]

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