marked with black lines and spots, some of the latter with rufous 

 centers. Flanks and loins yellowish white, striped with rufous, mar- 

 gined with black; legs spotted with black on light buff: feet buffy 

 white; cheeks covered by two black lines; chin, throat, breast and 

 belly white, the last two spotted with black; tail dark buff, banded 

 and spotted with black, tip blackish. 



.\[easurements. Total length, about 970; tail vertebra.-, 347. 



445- jaguarondi. {Fclis), Fisch. Zoogn., 1814, p. 228. 



Gfogr. Dislr. Rio Grande, Texas, southward to Paraguay east 

 of Andes. 



Genl. Char. Body elongated; legs short; tail as long as body 

 without head. 



Color. General color grizzled brownish graj-, hairs annulated 

 and black tipped. Tail like body. Some specimens black with 

 rufous tinge, tips of hairs white. 



Mtasurements. Total length, 678: tail vertebra?, 365. 



446. eyra. {Fe/is), Fisch. Zoogn., 1814, p. 228. 



Geogr. Distr. Brownsville, Te.\as, south to Paraguay east of 

 the Andes. 



Genl. Char. Body long and slender; legs short, tail very long. 



Color. Rich brownish red; darkest on the back, lightest on 

 belly. Tail same color. 



yfeasiiremenls. Total length, 670: tail vertebra', 230. 



*B. Lynx. 

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

 anterior premolar wanting. 



447. canadensis. (Felis), Desm. Manim., 1820, p. 224. 

 Type locality. Canada. 



Geogr. Dislr. Boreal America, latitude of Maine to 60- north 

 latitude and from .\tlantic to Pacific Oceans, possibly only south of 

 .\laska. 



Gtitl. Char. Bodj' stout, legs very long; feet very large; fur 

 dense and very long. 



Color. Light gray, base of hairs rufous, giving a reddish tinge 

 to the coat; top of head and back darkest. Ears behind black with 

 a gray patch, and with tufts of black hairs projecting upwards from 

 the tips; under parts white. 



Mc-asiinmenls. Total length, 766; tail vertebra, 129. 



a.—mollipiloxu8. {Lyn.x), Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1900, 



P; 48- 



'Several of the varieties in this subgenus hold a very questionable, distinctive rank. 



