Siberian lynx

The Siberian lynx (Lynx lynx wrangeli), also known as the East Siberian lynx, is the second most common subspecies of the Eurasian lynx. This cat can be found in the Russian Far East, North Korea, Mongolia, and China (Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia), including in the Stanovoy Range and east of the Yenisei River. There were 5,890 mature individuals in the Russian Far East as of 2013.^[1] The Siberian lynx is mainly a forager, and its prey includes hares and Siberian roe deer.^[2][3] According to a study done on the mortality of Eurasian lynx, the Siberian lynx lives to an average age of 15 years.^[4]

Siberian lynx
A Siberian lynx at Dartmoor Zoological Park, England.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	Lynx
Species:	L. lynx
Subspecies:	L. l. wrangeli
Trinomial name
Lynx lynx wrangeli (Ognev, 1928)
Synonyms
Lynx lynx cervaria (Temminck, 1824)

Genetic and Morphological Studies

There are 6 main subspecies of Eurasian lynx. Other subspecies have been reported based on their geographic presence, such as Tien Shan and Altai lynx found around at these mountains and separated by the Junggar basin . A study conducted in 2024 had investigated the morphological and genetic differences between these subspecies of Eurasian Lynx (Lynx Lynx). It had determined that the morphological differences were gradual and not explicitly distinct, distinguishing them by DNA haplotypes that established that they separately shared haplotypes with one of the well known subspecies; The Tien Shien lynx with the Turkestan Lynx, and the Altai with the Siberian Lynx. ^[5]

See also

• Caucasian lynx