MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Lynx lynx

Accepted taxon: Lynx lynx
Taxon:	Lynx lynx
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Felidae \| Felinae \| Lynx
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Lynx lynx diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 6, CP (Crude Protein) 58, EE (Ether Extract) 16. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Lynx lynx.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Artiodactyla	WHOLE	17.66	Grzimek,B…
Lepus	WHOLE	16.60	Grzimek,B…
Lepus americanus	WHOLE	12.77	Nowak,R. …
Canis	WHOLE	12.77	Smith,A. …
Rodentia	WHOLE	8.94	Grzimek,B…
Marmota	WHOLE	7.66	Smith,A. …
Leporidae	WHOLE	5.11	Nowak,R. …
Cervus	WHOLE	4.47	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	3.40	Nowak,R. …
Ochotona	WHOLE	2.55	Smith,A. …
Pseudois nayaur	WHOLE	2.55	Grzimek,B…
Capreolus capreolus	WHOLE	1.60	Smith,A. …
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	1.28	Nowak,R. …
Cervus elaphus	WHOLE	1.06	Grzimek,B…
Moschus moschiferus	WHOLE	1.06	Smith,A. …
Rangifer tarandus	WHOLE	0.53	Grzimek,B…

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Lynx lynx.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	John L. G…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	John L. G…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	John L. G…
Temporal habits	arrhythmic	arrhythmic	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Lynx lynx.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	17	-	-	17	-	21,500	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	5,100	-	38,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	-	9	-	-	17,500	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	9	-	9	-	-	960	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	17	-	-	17	-	1,011	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Lynx lynx.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
OPD (l)		n/a	1	1	-	-	-	9	-	-	Evans, Al…
OPD (u)		n/a	2	2	-	-	-	14	-	-	Evans, Al…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	40	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	125	-	-	Nelson, A…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Lynx lynx.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Lynx lynx	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lynx lynx	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lynx lynx	Evans, Alistair R., Gregory P. Wilson, Mikael Fortelius, and Jukka Jernvall. Ã¢â‚¬Å“High-Level Similarity of Dentitions in Carnivorans and Rodents.Ã¢â‚¬Â Nature 445, no. 7123 (December 13, 2006): 78Ã¢â‚¬â€œ81. doi:10.1038/nature05433.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Felis lynx	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Felis lynx	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Lynx lynx	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Felis lynx	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Lynx lynx	Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lynx lynx	DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lynx lynx	Nelson, A., Engelman, R.K. and Croft, D.A., 2023. How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30(3), pp.773-809.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lynx lynx	Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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