It is named after the town of Issoire where the first remains were found.

[1] It is generally considered as the ancestor of all four species of lynx alive today.

Its skeleton resembled that of living lynxes, but it had shorter and more robust limbs, with a larger head and longer neck.

As a result, the Issoire lynx more closely resembled a typical member of the cat family than to its extant descendants.

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