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*Lynx niffus ruffus (Giildenstsedt) . 



1776. Felis ruffa GuLDENST-a:DT, Nov. comm. acad. scient. imp. 



Petrop., vol. 20 (1775), p. 484. 

 1817. Lynx rufa Rafinesque, American Monthly Magazine, vol. 



2, p. 46. November, 1817. 

 1885. Lynx rufus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (1884), 



p. 611. 1885. (Part.) 

 Type Locality. — New York. 



t*Lynx ruffus californicus Mearns. 



1897. Lrjnx rufus californicus Mearns, Preliminary diagnoses of 

 new mammals of the genera Lynx, Urocyon, Spilogale, and 

 Mephitis, from the Mexican boundary line, p. 2. January 12, 

 1897. (Reprint: Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, p. 458. 

 December 24, 1897.) 

 Type Locality. — San Diego, San Diego County, California. 



Regarded by Merriam (North Amer. Fauna, No. 16, p. 104, October 28, 

 1899) as a distinct species. 



t*Lynx ruffus eremicus Mearns. 



1897. Lynx rufus eremicus Mearns, Preliminary diagnoses of 

 new mammals of the genera Lynx, Urocyon, Spilogale, and 

 Mephitis, from the Mexican boundary line, p. 1. January 12, 

 1897. (Reprint: Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 20, p. 457. 

 December 24, 1897.) 

 Type Locality. — New River, near Laguna Station, Colorado 

 Desert, Imperial County, California. 



*Lynx ruffus escuinapae Allen. 



1903. Lynx ruffus escuinapse Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 19, p. 614. November 14, 1903. 

 Type Locality. — Escuinapa, Sinaloa, Mexico. 



*Lynx ruffus floridanus (Rafinesque). 



1817. Lynx floridanus Rafinesque, American Monthly Maga- 

 zine, vol. 2, p. 46. November, 1817. 



1857. Lynx rufus var. floridanus Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., 

 p. 91. 



1897. Lynx ruffus floridanus Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 11, p. 49. March 16, 1897. 



Type Locality.— Florida. 



*Lynx ruffus peninsularis Thomas. 



1898. Lynx rufus peninsularis Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., ser. 7, vol. 1, p. 42. January, 1898. 



Type Locality. — Santa Anita, Lower California, Mexico. 



