MAMMALS CANlDyEUANIS LUPUS OCCIDENTALS. 



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Lynx attreus, HAF., Am. Month. Mug., 1817, 46, sp. C. LESS., Comp. Bufi'., 1839, 



vol. i, 412. 



Panthera concolor maculata, FITZ., Sitzg. Akacl. Wiss. Wien, 1809, lix, C36. 

 Lynx fasciatvs, RAF., Am. Mouth. Mag., 1817, vol. ii, 46. BAIRD, U. S. P. E. It. Expl. 



Exp., 1857, vol. viii, 96. SUCKL., U. S. P. It. It. Expl. Exp., 1860, vol. 



xii, 109. DESM., Mamm., 1820, vol. i, 225. 

 Tiger Cat, LEWIS & CLAKK, Travels, 1814, vol. ii, 167. 



NOTE. Tho above synonymy, as prepared by Mr. D. G. Elliot, includes the 

 three subspecies into which the present is divisible, and which, we think, will demand 

 recognition by varietal name, since they are differentiated strictly according to geo- 

 graphical distribution; var. fascialus being the heavily-colored red form 1'roui the wet 

 northwest coast, and var. muculatits being the richly-spotted southern form. 



Specimens. 



The presence of this widely-distributed animal in all suitable localities 

 in the region explored was ascertained by the survey ; and several fine 

 specimens were secured, apparently representing both the ordinary rufus 

 and the var. maculatus. In addition to the specimens above tabulated, others 

 'were taken in 1871, near Bill Williams' Mountain. 



FAM. CANIM. 



Genus CANIS, L. 



CANIS LUPUS OCCIDENTALS. 



American Wolf; Timber or Buffalo "Wolf ; Lobo of the Mexicans. 



Generally distributed ; but said to be scarce in Colorado, New Mexico, 

 and Arizona. Very numerous north of the fortieth parallel, in mountains 

 of Western Utah. Species represented by a cranium and skin, deposited in 

 the Army Medical Museum, from Indian Spring, Utah. 

 CHAR. Largest species of the genus. Length 3 to 5 feet, generally about 4; tail 12 



to 18 inches; skull 8 to 11 inches long, generally 9 to 10; width 4;^ to 5|, 



generally about 5^; color indeterminate. 



