LYNX 



Lynx. — Lynx canadensis 



and related forms 



Names. — Lynx; Bobcat; Wildcat; Loup-cervier (French 

 Canadian). Plates XVII and XIX. 



General Description. — A good-sized Cat with prominent, 

 tufted ears; very short tail; long limbs; large, broad feet; and 

 rather long, loose pelage. 



Color. — Sexes colored alike; marked seasonal variation and 

 considerable individual variation. 



Upperparts. — Grizzled gray, brown, and blackish; the pelage 

 pale drab at base, then buffy brown and finally tipped with 



Fig. 37. Lynx 



light gray, dark brown, or blackish; nose and cheeks grayish; 

 crown brownish; ears inside grayish white, edged with buff, 

 a gray spot on posterior surface; apex of ear, tuft, and lines 

 down margin of ear black; ruff about throat, mixed blackish, 

 dark brown, and gray; tail brownish, tipped with black; sides 

 and limbs lighter and warmer in tone than back. 



Underparts. — Mixed grayish and light buffy brown, with 

 occasional irregular blotches of blackish. 



The above is for November skins in fresh pelage; summer 

 pelage is browner and when worn and ragged, as in late 



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