Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Felidae Batsch, 1788 - cats
           Subfamily Felinae Batsch, 1788
             Genus Lynx Kerr, 1792 - lynxes
               Lynx canadensis (Kerr, 1792) - Canadian lynx
                 1 [Lynx canadensis canadensis] (Kerr, 1792)
                 2 Lynx canadensis mollipilosus Stone, 1900
                 3 Lynx canadensis subsolanus Bangs, 1897