Lynx hei

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Lynx hei

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'''''Lynx hei''''' is an extinct fossil species of [[lynx]]. It was described in 2022 based on Plio-Pleistocene-aged fossils found in China.{{Cite journal |last=Jianzuo |first=Qigao |last2=Li |first2=Lu |last3=Madurell-Malapeira |first3=Joan |last4=Wang |first4=Shiqi |last5=Li |first5=Shijie |last6=Fu |first6=Jiao |last7=Chen |first7=Shanqin |date=2022-07-13 |title=The diversification of the lynx lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene—evidence from a new small Lynx from Longdan, Gansu Province, China |url=https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/136/4/536/6596635 |journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society |language=en |volume=136 |issue=4 |pages=536–551 |doi=10.1093/biolinnean/blac054 |issn=0024-4066}}
'''''Lynx hei''''' is an extinct fossil species of [[lynx]]. It was described in 2022 based on [[Plio-Pleistocene]]-aged fossils found in China. The cranium was found in Longdan, Linxia Basin and it is much smaller than those found of ''[[Lynx issiodorensis]]'' found in the same locality. The fossil material is located in Hezheng Paleozoological Museum. It is [[Phylogenetics|phylogenetically]] similar to the modern North American [[bobcat]].{{Cite journal |last=Jianzuo |first=Qigao |last2=Li |first2=Lu |last3=Madurell-Malapeira |first3=Joan |last4=Wang |first4=Shiqi |last5=Li |first5=Shijie |last6=Fu |first6=Jiao |last7=Chen |first7=Shanqin |date=2022-07-13 |title=The diversification of the lynx lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene—evidence from a new small Lynx from Longdan, Gansu Province, China |url=https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/136/4/536/6596635 |journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society |language=en |volume=136 |issue=4 |pages=536–551 |doi=10.1093/biolinnean/blac054 |issn=0024-4066}}


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