Cave lynx

The cave lynx or Mediterranean cave lynx (Lynx spelaeus or Lynx pardinus spelaeus) is an extinct felid species that lived during the Pleistocene. It is controversially discussed to be a subspecies of the modern Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) and to be a junior synonym of this species.^[1]

Cave lynx
Jaw bone fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Lynx
Species:	L. pardinus
Subspecies:	†L. p. spelaeus
Trinomial name
†Lynx pardinus spelaeus Boule, 1910

Fossils have been found from the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Italy and France.^[2] Body mass reconstructions estimate this lynx to weigh about 23 kg.^[3]