VI 



THE WILD CAT, OR LYNX, OF 

 MUSKOKA 



Felts canadensis 



p^HE wild cat is a name applied by the in- 

 habitants of Muskoka to every wild animal 

 of a prowling, uncertain type that may be heard 

 discordantly at night. 



The cougar (Felis concolor), the red lynx 

 (Fells rufa), and the Canadian lynx (Felis 

 canadensis} have all been seen and shot from 

 time to time, according to local authority, in 

 the Muskoka district. The cry of these savage 

 denizens of the forest is very startling, and to 

 one unversed in zoological nomenclature con- 

 fusion and mistakes can be pardoned. The 

 wolverene (Gulo luscus) has been shot in New 

 York State, Maine, and Canada, and though it 

 is more plentiful within the Arctic Circle, 

 specimens have been seen and procured in this 



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