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Bull. 102 (1946), p. 75, Jan. 24, 1947, as identical with Lynx canadensis 

 canadensis. ) 

 Type Locality. — Wainwright Inlet, Alaska. 



Lynx canadensis subsolanus Bangs* 



1897. Lynx subsolanus Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, p. 49, 



Mar. 16, 1897. 

 1901. [Lynx canadensis] subsolanus Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 45, 



Zool. Ser., vol. 2, p. 296, Mar. 6, 1901. 

 1905. Felis canadensis subsolana Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 105, 



Zool. Ser., vol. 6, p. 370, Dec. 6, 1905. 

 Type Locality. — Codroy, Newfoundland. Range. — Apparently restricted to 

 island of Newfoundland. 



rufus — group u (bay lynxes and bobcats) 



Lynx rufus rufus (Schreber) * 



1777. Felis rufa Schreber, Die Saugthiere . . ., Theil 3, Heft 95, pi. 109b. 



(For use of the name rufus Schreber 1777 in place of ruff us Giildenstaedt 



1776 (not a scientific name) see J. A. Allen, Journ. Mamm., vol. 1, No. 2, 



p. 91, Mar. 2, 1920.) 



1817. Lynx rufus Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag., vol. 2, No. 1, p. 46, 



November 1817. 

 1884. Lynx rufus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., Circ. 29), p. 611, 



Nov. 29, 1884. (Part). 

 Type Locality. — New York. Range. — Formerly southern Ontario and Quebec, 

 but now rare (Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 (1946), p. 76, Jan. 24, 

 1947) ; Maine south to Georgia, the Great Smoky Mountains (Komarek and 

 Komarek, Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci., vol. 5, p. 151, Aug. 15, 1938), and south- 

 central Tennessee; west through Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota to eastern 

 North Dakota (V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 49, p. 149, December 1926) ; 

 south to Arkansas (Dellinger and Black, Journ. Mamm., vol. 21, No. 2, p. 189, 

 May 16, 1940) and eastern Kansas (Hibbard, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., vol. 47, 

 p. 71, 1944). 



Lynx rufus gigas Bangs* 



1897. Lynx gigas Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, p. 50, Mar. 16, 



1897. 

 1952. Lynx rufus gigas Peterson and Downing, Contr. Roy. Ontario Mus. Zool., 



No. 33, p. 11, Apr. 8, 1952. 

 Type Locality. — Fifteen miles back of Bear River, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

 Range. — From Nova Scotia and New Brunswick westward through southern 

 Quebec to southeastern Ontario. 



Lynx rufus superiorensis Peterson and Downing* 



1952. Lynx rufus superiorensis Peterson and Downing, Contr. Roy. Ontario 

 Mus. Zool., No. 33, p. 1, Apr. 8, 1952. 



Type Locality. — Mclntyre Township, near Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. 

 Range. — In Ontario north and east at least to Kenogami River and from south- 



u Races occurring in California (californicus and pallescens) revised by Grinnell and 

 Dixon, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 21, No. 13, pp. 346-353, Jan. 24, 1924, 



