FELIS. 871 



Red Lynx. Wild Cat. 



Type locality. New York. 



Geogr. Distr. Maine to southem'^Georgia ; west to Texas. 



a. Fells rufa texensis (Allen), 



Felis maculata Vig. & Horsf., Zool. Joum., n*, 1829, p. 381, pi. xiii. 

 Lynx texensis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1895, P- 188. 

 Felis rufa maculata Elliot, Syn, N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 



1901, p. 296. Zool. Ser. 

 Felis rufa texensis Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 



1901, p. 298, and Suppl., p. 506 (note). Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. 



Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, 



p. 458. Zool. Ser. 

 Spotted Lynx. Wild Cat. Gato montes in Mexico for all Lynxes. 

 Type locality. Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Mexico to California. 



b. Fells rufa faselata (Rafinesque) . 



Lynx fasciatus Rafin., Am. Month. Mag., 11, 181 7, p. 46. 



Felis rufa fasciata Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., ii, 

 1901, p. 297. Zool. Ser. 

 Barred Lynx. 



Type locality. "Northwest Coast," probably near the mouth of 

 the Columbia River. 



Geogr. Distr. Oregon and Washington. 



c. Fells rufa pallescens (Merriam). 



Lynx fasciatus pallescens Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 16, 1899, p. 104. 



Felis rufa pallescens Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 297. Zool. Ser. 

 Pallid Lynx. 



Type locality. South side of Mount Adams, near Trout Lake, 

 Skamania County, Washington. 



Geogr. Distr. Region about Shasta Mountain, California ; Oregon, 

 and Washington. 



d. Fells rufa oculea (Bangs). 



Lynx fasciatus ocukus Bangs, Proc. N. Eng. Zool. Club, i, 1899, p. 23. 



Felis rufa oculea Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 297. Zool. Ser. 

 Sharp-sighted Lynx. 



Type locality. Nicasio, Marin County, California.* 



Geogr. Distr. Coast region of California, north of San Francisco 

 Bav. 



