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but usually mixed buff and brown spotted and lined with 

 black or brownish black, darkest along dorsal region; sides 

 of legs lighter and huffier; crown streaked with black; ear 

 marked heavily with black on posterior side, with large 

 gray spot; black tuft on ear small; tail above like back, 

 tipped with black, below like belly and without black tip; 

 underparts whitish, washed with buffy on neck, and heavily 

 spotted with black; ruff on chin small. Paler in winter 

 than in summer. Total length, 36 inches; tail vertebrae, 

 7 inches; hind foot, 7 inches. Found in eastern United 

 States from Maine to southern Georgia and west to North 

 Dakota. Plates XVII and XIX. 



Florida Bobcat. — Lynx rufus floridanus (Rafinesque) . 



Darker than typical rufus and more lightly built in propor- 

 tion to its size; feet smaller; upperparts with heavy mixture 

 of black and lacking the reddish brown tinge of typical 

 rufus. Total length, 39 inches; tail vertebrce, 7 inches; 

 hind foot, 7.5 inches; weight, 17.5 pounds (male, not fat). 

 Found in Florida, north to Georgia, west to Louisiana. 



Texas Bobcat. — Lynx rufus texensis (Allen). 



Rather richer in color than typical rufus, heavily spotted. 

 Upperparts (Brownsville specimen) rich tawny rufous with- 

 out any blackish along dorsal area; underparts thickly 

 spotted. Found in southern and eastern Texas. 



California Bobcat. — Lynx rufus californicus Mearns. 



Browner and less spotted than texensis. Reddish bro.wn 

 above heavily mixed with gray and blackish, darkest along 

 dorsal area; sides and limbs rich buffy; broad collar of pale 

 rusty gray spotted with black. Total length, males, 34 

 inches; females, 32 inches; tail vertebrae, males, 6.8 inches, 

 females, 6 inches; hind foot, males, 6.7 inches, females, 

 6.4 inches. Found throughout most of California west of 

 the desert areas and east of the northern coast belt, reaching 

 to coast throughout southern three-quarters of the state. 



Lynx fasciatus oculeus Bangs = Ly^ix rufus californicus, ac- 

 cording to Grinnell and Dixon. 



Desert Bobcat. — Lynx rufus eremicus Mearns. 



Upperparts pale yellowish brown grizzled with gray and 

 black, lightly spotted and striped with brown to blackish; 

 underparts white; tail with about seven transverse black 

 bars on upperside; other details of coloration about as in 

 typical rufus, but paler in tone. Total length, 2t7 inches; 

 tail vertebrae, 7 inches; hind foot, 7.5 inches. Found in 

 the desert areas of California from the Needles in the 

 north and San Bernardino County in the west, south into 

 Arizona. 



Mountain Bobcat. — Lynx uinta Merriam. 



Largest of the rufus group, hind foot very large; tail very 

 long and with two black bands on upper surface in front 

 of black tip. Upperparts mixed buffy, gray, and black, 

 without distinct spotting or markings; underparts white 



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