1896.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 201 



Family PELID^. 

 Genus LYNX Kerr. 



40. Lynx rufus (Guld.). Wild Cat. 



This species is yet numerous in all the -wilder tracts of country. 

 It is common in the swamps and bottoms of the western regions. 



41. T Lynx canadensis Kerr. Canada Lynx. 



With no little hesitation, I include this- species in the fauna of 

 the Tennessee on the statements of Prof E .1). Cope.^* He says : 

 " Like the Red Squirrel, the Canada Lynx extends to the southern 

 limits of the Allegheny ranges, occupying the highest ground, 

 though apparently not so restricted to the elevations as the first 

 named. It is distinguished, by the name catamount, from the 

 Lynx rufus which is called wild cat and is well known to the 

 hunters." No cotemporary or previous writer that I have been able 

 to consult, confirms these statements and unless Prof Cope examined 

 specimens it is probable he was misled by the statements of hunters. 



Genus FELIS Linnseus. 



42. Telis concolor (L.). Puma, Panther. 



The panther appears to have been exterminated in all parts of the 

 State except the most impassable brakes and " harricanes " of the 

 bottoms of Lauderdale County. This exception is made on the 

 authority of Mr. Miles, who is confident that a few yet exist in that 

 locality. 



Order INSECTIVORA. 



Family TALPIDJE. 

 Genus SCALOPS. 



43. Scalops aquaticus (L.). American Mole. 



No moles were captured. Their underground labors in Tennessee 

 ■were in frequent evidence. It is not probable that any other form 

 of this genus is to be found in the State than the one prevailing in 

 our Middle States. 



Mr. Miles reports the mole common in Haywood County " where- 

 ever land is rich, and is troublesome in that he burrows in the rows 

 and destroys growing plants, and runs tunnels up and down hill 

 which I have seen in one season wash into gullies 18 inches deep." 

 Any one who has noted the extreme solubility of the agricultural 



1^ Fauna of S. Allegh., Amer. Nat., 1871, p. 395. 

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