MAMMALS 295 



Key to the United States Species of Lynx 



ai Feet moderate in sizp; tail moderately short; skuU narrow; fur 

 short and dense. 

 bi In the eastern States. 



Ci Color duU, with little black on upper parts L. ruff us. 



Co Color rich, with much black on upper parts; size large; in 



Nova Scotia L. gigas. 



bo In the Rocky Mountain States L. uinta. 



L. haileyi. 



bs On the Pacific slope L. fasciatus. 



a2 Feet very large; tail very short; fur long and loose; skull broad. 



bi Color gray L. canadensis. 



hi Color very dark; in Newfoundland L. subsolanus. 



L. ruffus (Giildenstadt). Wildcat; bobcat. Color reddish brown 

 in winter and ash brown in summer, spotted and streaked with black; 

 tail ringed with black; length 900 mm.; tail 170 mm.; hind foot 180 mm.; 

 weight up to 20 lbs. : Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico and into 

 Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific; in wooded regions. 



Subspecies of L. ruffus 



L. r. ruff'us (Giild). Eastern States; southward into Georgia. 



L. r. floridanus Rafinesque. Color darker: Florida and Georgia. 



L. r. texensis Allen. Belly and inner surface of legs white, with 

 brown spots: southern Texas. 



L. r. californicus Mearns. Size large; color dark: coast region of 

 southern California. 



L. r. eremicus Mearns. Color pale: deserts of the Mexican border; 

 southern California. 



L. uinta Merriam. Mountain wildcat. Color buff, grizzled with 

 gray and black, with black spots; white beneath; tail with 2 or 3 black 

 bands: southern Wyoming; Colorado. 



L. gigas Bangs. Color cinnamon rufus above, much spotted and 

 streaked with black; length 1,000 mm.; tail 180 mm.; hind foot 200 mm.: 

 Nova Scotia. 



L. fasciatus Raf. Pacific wildcat. Color chestnut brown above, 

 pale on the sides and white, spotted with black beneath; terminal 

 third of tail black; length 890 mm.; tail 139 mm.: Washington to 

 CaHfornia. 



Subspecies of L. fasciatus 



L.f .fasciatus Raf. Washington and Oregon. 



L. f. pallescens Merr. Color hoary gray: northern California and 

 northward. 



