THE CANADA LYNX. 



Feiis cunadcnsis. GEOFFROY. 



PLATE XXXIII. 



Felis canadensis, Geoff roy, Annal. du Museum. Richard. 

 son, Fauna Boreali Americana, i. p. 101. Flis polaire, 

 F. borealis, Temminck, Monographies, p. 109. 



WITH this animal we enter another form among 

 the lynxes, in which the body is more thickly made 

 than in the caracal and hooted lynx. The tail and 

 ears are short, and the fur is very thick and long 

 There are several species which are not well deter 

 mined or distinguished from each other, and even th< 

 two which we have selected to illustrate this division 

 appear to have been confounded by M. Temminck 

 who makes the lynx of Europe identical with that o 

 North America. The descriptions of the other ani 

 mals allied to the European and American species 

 are, in general, very short and unsatisfactory, anc 

 are noticed in the synopsis. For the present species 

 we have used Dr Richardson's description. 



" This is the only species of the genus which ex- 

 ists north of the Great Lakes, arid eastward of th 

 Rocky Mountains. It is rare on the sea coast, and 

 does not frequent the barren grounds, but it is not 



