346" MAMMALIA : PRIMATES. — LIV. 



*' brave •when hungry and in the dark, cowardly, or lazy in the day- 

 time, and magnanimous when not in need of food." The cominun 

 House Cat, Felis Joinesticus Schreber, one of the smallest of the 

 FelidoE, is a familiar representative of the group. 



a. Premolars H (anterior upper one wanting) ; tail less than half length of 

 bodv proper ; ears triangular, tufled Lynx, COS. 



aa. Premolars j J (anterior upper one very small) ; tail at least half as long as 

 the body (exclusive of head and neck); fur compact and glossy; ears 

 not tufted Iklis, 609. 



608. LYNX Kerr. (Xvyf wild cat.) 



1145. L. canadensis (Dosmarest). Canada Lynx. Feet very 

 large, densely furred beneath in winter, concealing the small, naked 

 patches. Grayish hoary, waved with black; tail black at tip; no 

 distinct bars on inner side of legs ; larger than the next, with larger 

 feet and longer fur. L. 39. T. A\. Northern N. Am., S. to N. Y. 



114G. L. rufus (Guldenstiidt). Amkuican "VViLo Cat. Red- 

 dish, overlaid by grayish ; inner sides of legs with dark cross-bands ; 

 tail with a black patch at end above preceded by half rings. L. 35. 

 T. 7. E. N. Am. 



114 7. L. gigas Bangs, larger and brighter, is recorded from 

 M. S. (yi'yaf, giant.) 



609. FELIS Linnaeus. (Cats.) (Lat., cat). 



1148. F. concolor L. American Panther. Cougar. Puma. 

 Above tawny brownish yellow ; a wash of darker along dorsal line ; 

 dirty white below ; kittens spotted, their tails ringed, larger than 

 a sheep. L. 90, T, 32. America, N. to Canada. (Lat., one 

 color.) 



Order LIV. PRIMATES. (The Anthropoid Mammals.) 



Both limbs nearly or quite outside of the common integument of 

 the body ; fingers and toes usually 5, the thumb sometimes wanting, 

 when present ojjposable to the others ; great toe with a depressed 

 nail ; teeth various, usually with distinct incisors, canines and mo- 

 lars ; clavicles completely developed ; shoulders distinct, well-sepa- 

 rated ; brain larire ; the Ci'rebrura and cerebellum highly developed ; 

 parts of the brain well diflerentiated. Mamm;e pectoral, except in 

 some lemurs. A large and varied order, the lushest among animals, 

 comprising men, apes, baboons, monkeys, and lemurs. The lemurs 

 diverge in many respects from the other primates, and should per- 

 haps stand as a separate order (Proximii). The structural pecu- 

 liarities of man are not numerous, and are mostly correlated with 

 the groat development of the brain, the chief peculiarity character- 

 iatic of the Hominidce. ( Lat., primatus, the chief place.) 



