456 FELIS. 



median length of nasals, 37.5-43; palatal length, 67-81.5; length of 

 upper canine anteriorly, 25-31; length of upper carnassial, alveolar 

 border, 18.5-21 ; length of upper molar series, alveolar border, 33.5-37 ; 

 length of lower canine anteriorly, 22-27; alveolar length of lower 

 carnassial, 12.5-13; alveolar length of lower molar series, 40-43; 

 length of mandible, angle to symphysis, 121-134; height at coronoid 

 process, 57-66. 



*bangsi costaricensis (Fells'), Merr., Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Wash., 



1901, p. 596. 

 CENTRAL AMERICAN PUMA. 



Type locality. Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama. 



Geogr. Distr. Unknown. 



Genl. Char. Belly red like the sides. 



Color. "Similar to F. bangsi of South America (ferrugineous) , but 

 darker and redder, particularly on the belly, which is red like the 

 sides, with only an indistinct narrow whitish line down the middle, 

 barely connecting the whitish pectoral and inguinal areas; fur 

 between foot pads black." 



Measurements. Total length, 1680; tail vertebrae, 680; hind foot, 

 220; ear, 75." (Merr., 1. c.) 



0. Lynx. 



Tail short, less than half the length of body without head; anterior 

 premolar wanting. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. 

 A. Tail less than half the length of body. 



a. Fur spotted in adults and young. PAGE 



a/ Above pale rufous - F. r. escuinapce 456 



b/ Above chestnut brown; variable F. r. texensis 458 



c.' Above grizzled pale yellowish brown F. r. eremica 458 



d/ Above reddish brown, gray, and black. F. r. californica 458 



e/ Above gray, suffused with buff F. r. baileyi 459 



f.' Above pale rufous gray F. peninsularis 460 



rufa escuinapce (Lynx), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1903, 



p. 614. 

 ESCUINAPA LYNX. 



Type locality. Escuinapa, State of Sinaloa, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to F. r. californica and F. r. texensis, but 

 smaller, more spotted, and streaked with black, and without black 

 soles. 



*This should be compared with the Mexican Puma, as the under parts 

 often have a red or reddish tinee in these animals irrespective of locality. 



