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FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



FERAE. FISSIPKDIA. 



FELIDAE. 



Vt.— Green Mountains (1894); Barnard (1881); Weathers- 

 field (1867); Bennington (1850). 

 Mass. — Extirpated. 

 R. I. — Extirpated. 



55. Lyxx caxadexsis (Kerr.) Ratinesque. 



Canada lynx ; Lucivee. 



Felis lynx canadensis Kerr. Anim. kingdom, 1792, }•. 157. 

 "Caxada." 



Felis canadensis Uesraarest. Elliot. Monograph of the Feli- 

 dae, 1880, pt. 6, 2 pp. text, 1 pi. 



Lynx canadensis Kerr. Stone ct Cram, Amer. animals, 1902, 

 p. 286-288, 1 pi. 



Evergreen forests of the north. 



Me. ^ 



N. H.— Rare. 



Vt. — Rare. 



Mass. — Practically extirpated. Ware (1866). 



56. Lyxx ruffus (Giildenstadt.) Rafinesque. 



Bay lynx ; Bobcat ; Wildcat. 



Felis riiffa GiiM., Nov. oomni. acad.scient. imp. Petrop.. 1776, 

 vol. 20, p. 484. (Ex Pennant, ''Ixxf.r parts of the provi>'ce 

 OF Xeav-york.") 



Lynx ruffus (Giild.). Bangs, Proc. biol. soc. Washington, 

 1897, vol. 11, pi. 2, fig. 3. 



Lyncus rufus (Temminck.) De Kay. Nat. hist. New York, 

 1842, pt. 1, p. 51-58. pi. 10, tig. 1. 



Deep woods ; dens among rocks. 



Me. to R. I. 



Coxy. — East Hartford. 



