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Family FELID^. (The Cats.) 



Digitigrade carnivora. Claws compressed, very sharp, retractile ; 

 palms and soles hairy, with naked pads under each toe and the ball of the 

 foot. Body compact, head short, broad, and rounded- 



Genus LYNX. 



(49) Lynx canadensis. 



(Canada Lynx.) 

 Formerly common all through the Province. Now only found in the 

 forested districts, its range extending north nearly to the timber line. 



(50) Lynx rufus. 



(Wild Cat.) 

 Nearly if not quite extinct. During the last twenty years I have seen 

 specimens from nearly all our southern counties, to which its range seems 

 to have been restricted. 



Genus FELIS. 

 (*) (51) Felis concolor. 



(American Panther, Cougar.) 

 Now extinct in this Provnice, where it was never very abundant 

 There are many old records of its capture along our southern border in 

 the early settlement days, but its range does not appear to have extended 

 very far north of our southern boundary. 



