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said to bring forth from two to five, and not infrequently as many as 

 six, at a birth annually in June and July, the period of gestation being 

 about three months. The young are about the size of a puppy, with 

 eyes partly open, but are very helpless for several days. They are 

 suckled for about two months." 



It is claimed that full-grown Deer are occasionally killed by these 

 animals. Numerous instances are cited by Mr. E. T. Seton,* as well 

 as several of the older writers, including Audubon and Bachman. 

 Mr. S. N. Rhoads states, f "They will not hesitate to fasten them- 

 selves on the necks of deer, trusting to bring them down by sheer 

 exhaustion and blood letting before the deer can manage to drag them 

 off by running through brush or branches of thick trees, or by jumping 

 in the water." 



It is extremely doubtful if a Canada Lynx will ever attack man 

 unless wounded or cornered so that it cannot escape, but I can say 



Map illustrating approximate range of the Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) in eastern United 

 States and Canada. Its range formerly extended as far south as Illinois and Indiana. 



* Life Histories of Northern Animals, II, 1909, pp. 692-693. 

 t Mamm. of Penn., 1903, p. 140. 



