346 MAMMALIA : PRIMATES. LIT. 



" brave when hungry and in the dark, cowardly, or lazy in the day- 

 time, and magnanimous when not in need of food." The common 

 House Cat, Felis domesticus Schreber, one of the smallest of the 

 Felidce, is a familiar representative of the group. 



a. Premolars |:f (anterior upper one wanting) ; tuil less than half length of 

 body proper ; ears triangular, tufted LYJSX, 608. 



aa. Premolars 3 (anterior upper one very small) ; tail at least half as long as 

 the body (exclusive of head and neck); fur compact and glossy; ears 

 not tufted FELIS, 609. 



608. LYNX Kerr. (Xvy|, wild cat.) 



1145. L. canadensis (Desmarest). CANADA LYNX. Feet very- 

 large, densely furred beneath in winter, concealing the small, naked 

 patches. Grayish hoary, waved with black ; tail black at tip ; no 

 distinct bars on inner side of legs ; larger than the next, with larger 

 feet and longer fur. L. 39. T. 4^. Northern 1ST. Am., S. to N. Y. 



1146. L. ruf us (Gulden stadt). AMERICAN WILD CAT. Red- 

 dish, overlaid by grayish ; inner sides of legs with dark cross-bands ; 

 tail with a black patch at end above preceded by half rings. L. 35. 

 T. 7. E. N. Am. 



1147. L. gigas Bangs, larger and brighter, is recorded from 

 N. S. (yiyas, giant.) 



609. FELIS Linnaeus. (CATS.) (Lat., cat). 



1148. F. concolor L. AMERICAN PANTHER. COUGAR. PUMA. 

 Above tawny brownish yellow ; a wash of darker along dorsal line ; 

 dirty white below ; kittens spotted, their tails ringed, larger than 

 a sheep. L. 90. T. 32. America, N. to Canada. (Lat., one 

 color.) 



ORDER LIV. PRIMATES. (THE ANTHROPOID MAMMALS.) 



Both limbs nearly or quite outside of the common integument of 

 the body ; fingers and toes usually 5, the thumb sometimes wanting, 

 when present opposable to the others ; great toe with a depressed 

 nail ; teeth various, usually with Distinct incisors, canines and mo- 

 lars ; clavicles completely developed ; shoulders distinct, well-sepa- 

 rated ; brain large ; the cerebrum and cerebellum highly developed ; 

 parts of the brain well differentiated. Mammae pectoral, except in 

 some lemurs. A large and varied order, the highest among animals, 

 comprising men, apes, baboons, monkeys, and lemurs. The lemurs 

 diverge in many respects from the other primates, and should per- 

 haps stand as a separate order (Prosimii). The structural pecu- 

 liarities of man are not numerous, and are mostly correlated with 

 the great development of the brain, the chief peculiarity character- 

 istic of the Hominidce. ( Lat., primatus, the chief place.) 



