MAMMALS FELIDAE LYNX KUFUS. 95 



The edges of the lips are black. On the top of the head are several indistinct longitudinal lines 

 of dusky-brown. 



The interior of the ear is uniform grayish- white. The exterior surface exhibits a narrow 

 border (the edge of the ear) of rufous white, within which the surface is lustrous black, with a 

 triangular patch occupying the central portion, of grayish-white. The lustrous black is most 

 distinct anteriorly and at the point of the ear ; posteriorly and inferiorly, it is much duller and 

 tinged with grayish-brown. The black at the tip of the ear is continuous into a pencil of hairs 

 about half an inch long. 



The upper parts and sides of the body are of a light rufous, tinged with hoary, exhibiting, 

 however, a considerable number of obscure rounded spots as large as the end of the finger, of a 

 darker and more distinct rusty than elsewhere. This color belongs chiefly to the soft wool 

 between the long hairs ; this is pale lead color at the base, and darker or lighter rufous, as the 

 spots fall in it or not. The tips are generally more or less hoary. There are also intermixed a 

 good many hairs with black tips, which, concentrating along the vertebral region, become quite 

 conspicuous, and impart the appearance of indistinct longitudinal lines, as they happen to fall 

 together. 



The exterior of the limbs much resembles the sides of the body, except that the color is a little 

 more rufous, and the spots are smaller, darker, and more distinct. The hairs on the under 

 surface of the feet are dark plumbeous-brown, this color extending up the leg for a short 

 distance. The under parts and inside of the limbs is pure white, with sooty black blotches, this 

 color extending to the roots of the hairs, which are elsewhere lead color. On the upper part of 

 the insides of the limbs are some larger blotches than elsewhere, which on the hind leg, how 

 ever, do not convey the idea of transverse bars. 



The anal region and under surface of the tail, with its extreme tip, are white. The extremity 

 of the tail exhibits a quadrangular patch of pure black, about one-half to one- third longer than 

 wide, (one and a half inches long,) and there is a second narrow transverse dusky (not hlack) 

 bar, a little anterior to the first. Very obscure indications of other transverse bars may be 

 seen between this and the root of the tail. The upper part of the tail generally, except as 

 described, is like the sides of the body. 



In addition to the markings described, there is an obscure dark line along the sides of the 

 neck, starting below the ear, and two rounded black spots between the anterior extremities of 

 these lines, which diverge slightly from each other. 



The ears of this species are quite large and pointed. The naked portions of the soles are quite 

 limited. There are seven naked pads on the fore feet and five behind. 



A second specimen from the Gila (1338) and one from Dona Ana, (1709,) agree also with the 

 above description. 



Measurements. 



Length (corrugated skin) from nose to root of tail 



Tail to end of vertebrae --- 



Tail to end of hairs r 



Skull, length 



Skull, width 



Inches. 



