Florida Red Lynx 411 



ot North Georgia to the coast of Maine. By American writers it is 

 generally known as Lynx nifiis n/fi/s. 



Its colour in Minnesota, when in the winter coat, is described by Mr. 

 L. C. Herrick. ' as follows : — The hairs are tawny black, at the base, bufFy 

 yellow in the middle, and white, or white ending in black, at the tip ; the 

 ear-pencils being black. The tail is tipped with white ; and the neck-ruff 

 is of moderate length, with stiff harsh hairs. On their outer surface the 

 thighs are lighter than the back and spotted, while on the inner side they 

 are indistinctly barred. Obscure dark bars are also apparent on the 

 outer surface of the upper part of the fore-leg, on the inner side of which 

 are several distinct black bars. The general hue of the whole of the 

 upper-parts is the usual isabelline fawn, which is replaced by the red of 

 the summer coat about February. It may be remarked that this summer 

 change from fawn to red is precisely paralleled in the case of the white- 

 tailed deer. The length of the head and body is 30 inches, and that of 

 the tail 6 inches. 



THE FLORIDA RED LYNX 



{Fc/is riifa fioridaihi) 



This form was originally described by Rafinesque in 18 17 as a distinct 

 species, and inhabits the whole of the peninsula of Florida, extending west 

 along the Gulf coast to Louisiana, and northwards on the Atlantic coast at 

 least as far as South Georgia. Writing in 1897, when he classed it as a 

 subspecies oi rufa (or ruffi/s), Mr. Bangs- made the following remarks on 

 this race : — " It is so strongly marked a form that I think it will prove 

 a distinct species when specimens are procured at points where it meets the 



' Mammals of Minnesota, p. 73 (1892). 

 - Proceedings Biological Society of Washington, vol. xi. p. 49. 



