Balkan Lynx

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Balkan Lynx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	Lynx
Species:	L. lynx
Subspecies:	L. l. martinoi
Trinomial name
Lynx lynx martinoi Miric, 1978

The Balkan Lynx (Lynx lynx martinoi) is a subspecies of the Eurasian Lynx in the Lynx genus.^[1][2] It is the national symbol of the Republic of Macedonia. It is considered to be the largest cat on the continent. The Balkan Lynx has been on the brink of extinction for nearly a century, with numbers estimated to be around one hundred. The Balkan lynxes decrease in number have been thought to be due to illegal poaching.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]} While the Balkan Lynx is listed as a subspecies in much of the news coverage and taxonomic references, there has been some dispute over those claims.^[17][18]

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• The lynx populations of the Balkan Peninsula.
• Contributions on the Balkan lynx Lynx lynx martinoi (Miric, 1978) in Macedonia and Montenegro.
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• MIRIC, D. 1978: Lynx lynx martinoi ssp. nova – neue Luchsunterart von der Balkanhalbinsel. Bull. museum hist. nat. Belgrade 33: 29–36.
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