FELIS. HERPESTES. 373 



Felis rufa escuinapa Elliot, Mamni. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 



F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. ii, 1904, p. 456. Zoo\. Ser. 

 ESCUINAPA LYNX. 



Type locality. Escuinapa, State of Sinaloa, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. State of Sinaloa, Mexico. Range unknown. 



914. Felis uinta (Merriam). 



Lynx uinta Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, p. 71. 

 UINTA MOUNTAINS LYNX. 



Type locality. Bridget Pass, south slope of the Uinta Mountains, 

 Uinta County, Wyoming. 



Geogr. Distr. Utah. Range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Size large ; tail very long with two black subterminal 

 bands, black tips. Skull long, narrow; sagittal crest present; ascend- 

 ing arm of maxillary broad, under jaw heavy, teeth small. 



Color. Above buffy grizzled with gray and black; beneath white 

 with black spots, these becoming bands on inner sides of arms and 

 thighs; throat fulvous, crossed by a fulvous brown band; V-shaped 

 black mark on anterior part of throat; tail with two or three blackish 

 bands above and black tip. 



Measurements. Hind foot, 200; tail, 195. 



915. Felis gigas (Bangs). 



Lynx gigas Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, P- 5- 



Felis gigas Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Marnm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, 



p. 299. Zool. Ser. 

 GIANT LYNX. 



Type locality. Fifteen miles back of Bear River, Nova Scotia. 

 Geogr. Distr. Nova Scotia. Range unknown. 



916. Felis peninsularis (Thomas). 



Lynx rufus peninsularis Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., 



i, 1898, p. 42. 

 Felis peninsularis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 



F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 460. Zool. Ser. 

 LOWER CALIFORNIA LYNX. 



Type locality. Santa Anita, Lower California, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Cape Region of Lower California, Mexico. 



Family II. Viverridse. Jlungoose, Civets, etc*. 



Genus 113. Herpestes. Ichneumon. 



Herpestes Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 1811, p. 135. Type 

 Viverra ichneumon Gmelin. 



