Lynx canadensis (Carnivora: Felidae)

Lavoie, Maxime; Renard, Aurélie; Larivière, Serge

doi:10.1093/mspecies/sez019

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“…rufus , there is a distinct horizontal ridge superior to the distal articulation on the posterior surface, and a lack of mediolateral constriction between the diaphysis and epiphysis. Lynx rufus is known from the Rancholabrean of Mexico (Ferrusquía-Villafranca et al, 2010) and Arizona (Mead et al, 2005), whereas Lynx canadensis has not been found south of Utah (Lavoie et al, 2019).…”

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Paleobiology of a large mammal community from the late Pleistocene of Sonora, Mexico

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A paleontological deposit near San Clemente de Térapa represents one of the very few Rancholabrean North American Land Mammal Age sites within Sonora, Mexico. During that time, grasslands were common, and the climate included cooler and drier summers and wetter winters than currently experienced in northern Mexico. Here, we demonstrate restructuring in the mammalian community associated with environmental change over the past 40,000 years at Térapa. The fossil community has a similar number of carnivores and herbivores whereas the modern community consists mostly of carnivores. There was also a 97% decrease in mean body size (from 289 kg to 9 kg) because of the loss of megafauna. We further provide an updated review of ungulates and carnivores, recognizing two distinct morphotypes of Equus, including E. scotti and a slighter species; as well as Platygonus compressus; Camelops hesternus; Canis dirus; and Lynx rufus; and the first regional records of Palaeolama mirifica, Procyon lotor, and Smilodon cf. S. fatalis. The Térapa mammals presented here provide a more comprehensive understanding of the faunal community restructuring that occurred in northern Mexico from the late Pleistocene to present day, indicating further potential biodiversity loss with continued warming and drying of the region.

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Paleobiology of a large mammal community from the late Pleistocene of Sonora, Mexico

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“…Furthermore, we were able to show that with flexibility in determining monitoring objectives (such as adapting the targeted precision of detectable changes), the majority of other species may be also be covered. As an example, a protocol targeting a 25% decline in marten occupancy would allow the detection of a 50% decline across at least some portions of lynx occupancy (a species of conservation concern in the US 28 ). Increasing the precision to detecting a 10% marten decline, while requiring a more intensive (yet potentially still feasible) protocol, would allow much better monitoring for lynx: 50% decline anywhere surveyed, and extensive areas detecting a 25% lynx occupancy decline.…”

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Umbrella effect of monitoring protocols for mammals in the Northeast US

Mortelliti

Brehm

Evans

2022

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Developing cost-effective monitoring protocols is a priority for wildlife conservation agencies worldwide. In particular, developing protocols that cover a wide range of species is highly desirable. Here we applied the ‘umbrella species’ concept to the context of ecological monitoring; specifically testing the hypothesis that protocols developed for the American marten would contextually allow detecting occupancy trends for 13 other mammalian species (i.e., an umbrella effect). We conducted a large-scale four-year camera trapping survey across a gradient of forest disturbance in Maine, USA. We sampled 197 sites using a total of 591 cameras and collected over 800,000 photographs to generate detection histories for the most common terrestrial species. By combining multi-season occupancy modelling and power analyses, we estimated the required sampling effort to detect 10%, 25% and 50% declines in the fourteen species. By conducting a spatially explicit comparison of sampling effort, we found evidence that monitoring protocols for American marten would provide an umbrella effect for up to 11 other mammal species. The capacity of the umbrella effect varied among species, with fisher, snowshoe hare, red squirrel, and black bear consistently covered under several scenarios. Our results support the application of the umbrella species concept to monitoring (here defined as ‘umbrella monitoring species’), providing empirical evidence for its use by management agencies.

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“…This hypothesis is also supported by the fact that confluent foramina are also found in the bobcat Lynx rufus (Larivi ere and Walton, 1997), which is commonly considered the sister taxon to all the other extant lynxes (Werdelin, 1981;Bininda-Emonds et al, 1999;Johnson et al, 2004Johnson et al, , 2006. On the contrary, the Canadian lynx Lynx canadensis shares with L. lynx the presence of a clear septum separating the two foramina (Lavoie et al, 2019). However, the phylogenetic relationships of L. canadensis are not clear, as it is considered as the sister taxon of L. lynx by some authors (Werdelin, 1981;Bininda-Emonds et al, 1999), or as the sister taxon of the clade formed by L. lynx and L. pardinus by others (Johnson et al, 2004(Johnson et al, , 2006.…”

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The tale of a short-tailed cat: New outstanding Late Pleistocene fossils of Lynx pardinus from southern Italy

Mecozzi

Sardella

Boscaini

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Quaternary Science Reviews

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The pardel lynx Lynx pardinus is today restricted to small populations living in southern Iberian Peninsula. However, this endangered species was widely spread throughout Iberia until historical times and is currently the subject of intense conservation programs. Paleontological data suggest that its past geographical range was much wider, including also southern France and northern Italy. Here, we report exceptionally preserved fossil remains of L. pardinus from the Late Pleistocene (about 40 0 000 years) of Ingarano (Italy), which represent the largest sample of fossil lynx currently known in Europe. This new evidence allows (1) to revise the taxonomy of European fossil lynxes, (2) to extend far southeast the paleobiogeographical distribution of L. pardinus, and (3) to offer new insights on the evolutionary history (e.g., relationships with other extinct and extant lynx species) and paleobiology (e.g., intraspecific variation, body mass) of this iconic European felid.

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Lynx canadensis (Carnivora: Felidae)

Cited by 8 publications

References 185 publications

Paleobiology of a large mammal community from the late Pleistocene of Sonora, Mexico

Paleobiology of a large mammal community from the late Pleistocene of Sonora, Mexico

Umbrella effect of monitoring protocols for mammals in the Northeast US

The tale of a short-tailed cat: New outstanding Late Pleistocene fossils of Lynx pardinus from southern Italy

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