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truncated at its apex; the extreme point alone black: labial 

 whiskers black at their base and white above ; pencils o*" the ears 

 long : cheek whiskers very long : nose very obtuse. 



This species, which comprehends the Canadian, but not the 

 Mississippi, Lynx of M. Cuvier, has not hitherto been sufficiently 

 distinguished from the preceding. It inhabits the Northern parts 

 of both the old and the new Continents, and its fur, which is less 

 valuable in commerce than that of the F. ceroaria^ is obtained 

 equally from Sweden and from Hudson's Bay. 



10. F. Lynx, Body thick, rather elevated upon the legs : 

 head thick, rounded ; ears acuminated, terminated by a pencil of 

 long hairs : tail when reflected reaching as far as the extremity of 

 the head, its smaller half towards the apex entirely black : four 

 or five small undulated black bands on the cheek : labial whiskers 

 white, arranged on four or five black streaks ; no small anterior, 

 QX false molar tooth. 



We have given the character of this well-known species for 

 the purpose of discriminating between it, the two preceding, and 

 the following, species ; which, with the F, rufa of North Ame- 

 rica, are closely allied to each other. 



11. jP. pardina. Size of the Badger, but higher upon its legs ; 

 resembling in form and size the F. rufa : tail short, but in pro- 

 portion to its size longer than in the F. Lynx: pencils of the ears 

 very distinct : cheek whiskers large; nose and tail covered with 

 black reticulations. 



This species, the Loup Cervier of Perrault, under which name 

 several other species are comprehended by the Continental fur- 

 riers, is found only in the South of Europe, the true Lynx in- 

 habiting the centre. 



12. F. Caracal ; the Nubian Caracal and Cat of the Desert of 

 Bruce, and the Persian Cat of Pennant. 



13. F. auraia. Rather less than the Caracal; tail only half 

 the length of the body, with a brown band along its middle, and 

 its extreme point black : ears short, rounded, without pencils : 

 fur very short and shining. 



The country of this species is unknown, the skin from which 



