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Mammals of Eastern Asia 
The genus is circumpolar, being represented in America by 
the Canada Lynx and the Bay Lynx. The typical form is Lynx 
lynx of Sweden. The range in eastern Asia occupied by the race 
L. I. orientalis, is shown by Ognev to extend northward to about 
68° and southward almost to 40°. A race found on Sakhalin 
Fig. 46. Asiatic Lynx, Lynx lynx isabellina. 
bears the name L. /. borealis. The form present in Mongolia, 
Hopei, Szechwan, Tibet, and westward to Turkestan is L. I. 
isabellina. The presence of Lynx in the extreme east cape of 
Siberia or in Kamchatka is not established. 
The Chinese form isabellina is colored reddish above, with 
the hair tips frosted ; beneath it is white, with a few black spots 
on the belly and inner sides of the forelimbs. The ear tufts and 
upperparts of the ears, a spot on the lower part of the cheek, 
and the tip of the tail are black. The length of head and body 
