Sardinian lynx

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Sardinian lynx
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Lynx
Species:
L. lynx
Subspecies:
L. l. sardiniae
Trinomial name
Lynx lynx sardiniae
(, 1908)

The Sardinian lynx with the scientific name Lynx sardiniae was proposed by the Italian biologist Pasquale Mola in 1908 for two zoological specimens of a cat from Nuoro in Sardinia that were part of the zoological collection of the University of Sassari.[1][2] These specimens were reassessed in 1911 by Alessandro Ghigi who identified them as Sardinian wildcats (Felis lybica).[3] Gighi's assessment was corroborated in 1981 by an Italian biologist who examined the still available mounted specimen initially described by Mola.[4]

Mola described the body length of these specimens as 50 cm (20 in) with a 25 cm (9.8 in) long tail and a shoulder height of 35 cm (14 in). Their long and dense fur was fulvous on the back and whitish on the belly. He considered them to be a crossing of a lynx and a domestic cat.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Mola, P. (1908). "Considerazioni sopra un problematico incrocio di Felidi". Bollettino della Società zoologica italiana. 2. 9: 42–45.
  2. ^ a b Mola, P. (1908). "Ancora della Lince della Sardegna". Bollettino della Società zoologica italiana. 2. 9: 46–48.
  3. ^ Ghigi, A. (1911). Ricerche faunistiche e sistematiche sui Mammiferi d’Italia che formano oggetto di caccia. Natura. Vol. II. Pavia: Tipografia Successori Fratelli Fusi. pp. 7–48.
  4. ^ Ragni, B. (1981). "Gatto selvatico. Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777". In Pavan, M. (ed.). Distribuzione e biologia di 22 specie di Mammiferi in Italia. Rome: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. pp. 105–113.
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