CANADA LYNX 

 Lynx canadensis. 



From southern Yukon to the northern United States is found 

 this American representative of the lynx family, although as he 

 demands for his home the most dense of forests and the most des- 

 olate of rocky caverns, his range is constantly becoming more re- 

 stricted with the further development of our country. A very typi- 

 cal specimen of his tribe he is, being characterized by the usual 

 disproportionally long legs, a tail so short as to be almost invisible, 

 a ruff of hair hanging from his cheeks down over his throat, and the 

 straight, stiff, black tufts protruding above the ears. His fur, more- 

 over, has the soft, thick texture and the loose, clinging quality for 

 which his kind are so highly prized, while the blended effect of 



