286 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



Subspecies of F. oregonensis 



F. 0. oregonensis Raf. Color very dark; belly whitish : coastal region 

 from California to British Columbia. 



F. 0. hippolestes (Merriam). Largest of the pumas; length 2,550 

 mm.; tail 900 mm.; weight 220 lbs.; color dull yellowish brown; head 

 with a high median crest: Rocky Mountains and Great Basin. 



F. 0. azteca (Merr). Size moderate; color dull fulvous; tail much 

 darker and with a longer black tip; no white underneath; ears black: 

 western Texas and Mexico. 



F. 0. calif ornica (May). Color pale; length 1,950 mm.; tail 750 mm.: 

 throughout California. 



F. cacomitli Berlandier. Jaguarundi cat; eyra. Color (in red color 

 phase) uniformly either gray or rusty rufous, there being 2 distinct 

 color phases; length 1,060 mm.; tail 480 mm.; hind foot 140 mm.: 

 South and Central America; southern Texas. 



F. pardalis L. Ocelot; tiger cat. Color tawny or brown, with large 

 blackish spots and stripes, each one enclosing a lighter one; length 1,200 

 mm.; tail 375 mm.: southern Texas to Patagonia. 



F. hernandesii (Gra.y). Jaguar. Color tawny yellow, spotted with 

 black rings; length 2,100 mm.; tail 600 mm.: southern United States to 

 Patagonia; formerly numerous, still found from central Texas to 

 northern Arizona; number of young at a birth 2. 



2. Lynx. Kerr. Body short and thick; tail short; legs long; denti- 

 tion 3/3, i/i, 2/2, i/i ; ears with a tuft of long hairs at the tip: many 

 species, all in the northern hemisphere, about 6 in North America; 

 woodland animals, preying largely on rodents; number of young, 2 to 5. 



Key to the United State Species of Lynx 



ai Feet moderate in size; tail moderately short; skull narrow; fur 

 short and dense, 

 bi In the eastern States. 



Ci Color dull, with little black on upper parts L. niffus. 



C2 Color rich, with much black on upper parts; size large; in 



Nova Scotia L. gigas. 



bo In the Rocky Mountain States L. uinta. 



L. baileyi. 



bs On the Pacific slope L. fasciatus. 



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



bi Color gray L. canadensis. 



bo Color very dark; in Newfoundland L. subsolanus. 



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

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



