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
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Lynx
Species:	L. lynx
Subspecies:	L. l. wrangeli
Trinomial name
Lynx lynx wrangeli (Ognev, 1928)
Synonyms
Lynx lynx cervaria (Temminck, 1824)

See also

• Caucasian lynx