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Lynx rufus (bobcat)
Taxonomy
Felis rufa was named by Schreber (1777) [also said to be 1776]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Felis (Lynx) rufa by Kerr (1792); it was synonymized subjectively with Felis borealis by Mivart (1882); it was recombined as Felis (Lynx) rufus by Mooser and Dalquest (1975); it was misspelled as Felis rufus by Auffenberg (1967); it was recombined as Lynx rufus by Schultz and Howard (1935), Slaughter (1966), Slaughter (1966), Lundelius (1972), Ewer (1973), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hulbert and Pratt (1998) and Johnson et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Felis (Lynx) rufa by Kerr (1792); it was synonymized subjectively with Felis borealis by Mivart (1882); it was recombined as Felis (Lynx) rufus by Mooser and Dalquest (1975); it was misspelled as Felis rufus by Auffenberg (1967); it was recombined as Lynx rufus by Schultz and Howard (1935), Slaughter (1966), Slaughter (1966), Lundelius (1972), Ewer (1973), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hulbert and Pratt (1998) and Johnson et al. (2006).
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1776 | Felis rufa Schreber |
| 1777 | Felis rufa Schreber |
| 1792 | Felis (Lynx) rufa Kerr |
| 1899 | Felis calcaratus Cope |
| 1908 | Lynx compressus Brown |
| 1935 | Lynx rufus Schultz and Howard p. 285 |
| 1966 | Lynx rufus Slaughter p. 81 |
| 1967 | Felis rufus Auffenberg p. 320 |
| 1972 | Lynx rufus Lundelius, Jr. |
| 1973 | Lynx rufus Ewer |
| 1975 | Felis (Lynx) rufus Mooser and Dalquest p. 790 |
| 1980 | Lynx rufus Kurten and Anderson |
| 1998 | Lynx rufus Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt |
| 2006 | Lynx rufus Johnson et al. |
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