On the Skull of a Lynx, Lynx Lynx (Linnaeus, 1758), found in the Roman Castellum at Valkenburg, Province of Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

Abstract

The authors report on the almost complete skull of a Lynx, Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758) found during excavation of a Roman castellum at Valkenburg, Province of Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands in 1962. Photographs and measurements of the skull are presented as well as a review of the Lynx remains found in European settlements from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages.