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Kurten, B.; Granqvist, E.
Fossil pardel lynx (Lynx pardina spelaea Boule) from a cave in southern France
1987  Annales Zoologici Fennici (24): 39-43

A felid skull form the Aven du Puech Margal, St. Jean de Maruejois (Gard) is referred to the large Pleistocene subspecies of pardel lynx, _L. pardina spelaea_ Boule. It confirms the presence of pardel lynx in southern France inthe late Pleistocene. Some diagnostic characters differentiating the fossil pardel lynx from the equally large _L. lynx_ are discussed.

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