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(algirus) calls for attention here. It ranges from the Gulf of Gabes 

 to the Atlantic coast, and south to Senegal. In Algeria and Tunisia 

 it reaches the Mediterranean coast. Apparently it is not represented 

 in Tripolitania. (Cabrera, 1932, pp. 172-173.) 



Tunisia. It is rare in the north but a little more common in the 

 center and south (region of Feriana, Djebel-Selloum, Djebel-Bou- 

 Hedma). It can be shot rather easily in its usual habitat among 

 alfa grass, and it could be successfully chased with hounds, for its 

 gait is not very rapid. (Lavauden, 1932, p. 7.) 



FIG. 30. Barbary Lynx (Caracal caracal algirus). From specimen in 

 Philadelphia Zoo. 



Algeria. The Barbary Lynx does not occur commonly in the 

 vicinity of Algiers, whence occasionally specimens are brought to 

 market (M. Wagner, 1841, vol. 3, p. 62). 



Loche (1867, p. 41) reports for the period 1840-42 that it ranges 

 throughout Algeria, where it is rather numerous. Specimens are 

 recorded from Birkadem, Arba, and Djelfa. It is also met with near 

 Coleah, Lac Halloula, and elsewhere. 



Known in Barbary from the first explorations, it has been recorded 

 by Shaw, Poiret, and others. Two specimens were taken in the 

 vicinity of Laghouat, and one of the animals was seen between 

 Haidra and Tebessa, Algeria. Without being very abundant, the 

 species seems rather widespread, and skins are frequently seen in 

 the saddlers' shops of Algiers and Constantine. (Lataste, 1885, 

 p. 225.) 

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