MAMMALS— FELlDyE— LYNX CANADENSIS. 41 



Though not so large an animal as the Jaguar, F. onga, the present 

 species stands as high or higher, owing to the much greater relative length 

 of the legs. Kittens are spotted, as usual in this family; but the adults are 

 nearly uniformly tawny, whitening underneath and about the face, where 

 there are blackish markings, and with a black tip to the tail. 



Genus LYNX, Raf. 



LYNX CANADENSIS, (Desm.) Raf. 



Canada Lynx, 



Lynx, Penn., Hist, Quad., 1793, 301, sp. 203. 



Felis canadensis, Desm., Nouv. Diet, d'Hist. Nat., 1S1G, 108.— Id., Main., 1820, 224, 

 No. 340. — Gapper, Zoijl. Journ., 1835, vol. v, 203. — Swains. & Rich., 

 Faun. Bor.-Am., vol. i, 1829, 101.— Murk,, Geog. Distr. Main., 1800, 

 101. — Jard.. Nat, Libr., vol. xvi, 259, pi. xxxiii. — Less., Man. Mam., 

 1S27, 191, sp. 513. — Harln., Faun. Am., 1825,98 — Griff., Auiin. King., 

 1827, vol. v, 174.— Fisch., Syn. Mam., 1S29, 213, sp. 31.— Less., Nouv. Tab. 

 Regn. Anim., 1842, 57, sp. 548.— Gerv., Hist. Nat, Mam., 1S55, 92. 



Felis borealis, Temm., Mou. Mam., 1847, vol. i, 109, app. 251. — Less., Man. Mam., 

 1827, 184, sp. 490.— Id,, Comp. Buff., 1839, vol. i, 411.— Wagn, Supp. 

 Scbreb., 1841, vol. ii, 519.— Blyth, J. A. S. B., 1842, vol. xi, pt, ii, p. — . 



he Lynx du Canada, Cuv., Ossem. Foss., 1S25, vol. iv, 443. — Buff., Supp!., vol. iii, 

 pi. xliv. 



Lc Lynx de Mississippi, Buff., Supp., vol. vii, pi. liii. 



Lyncus canadensis, GRAY, Cat, Mam. Brit. Mus., 1S42, 46. — Id., P. Z. S., 1867, 270. 



Id., Cat. Cam. Mam., 1869, 37, sp. 3. 



Lyncus borealis, DeKay, Nat. Hist. N. York, 1842, 50, pi. x, fig. 2. 



Lynx canadensis, Baird, U. S. P. R. R. Expl. Exp., 1S57, vol. viii, 99. — Raf., Am. 

 Montb. Mag., 1817, vol. ii, 46.— Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., 1849, vol. i, 

 136, pi. xvii. 



The Canada Lynx (L. canadensis), though not observed by the expedi- 

 tion, is known to occur at least as far south as Fort Tejon, Cal., where 

 specimens were taken by Mr. J. Xantus, and sent to the National Museum. 

 Like the Wolverene, this species ranges in the Rocky Mountains consider- 

 ably south of the latitude it reaches in the eastern portion of the continent. 



LYNX RUFUS, (Gm.) Raf. 

 Bay Lynx ; Wild Cat. 



Bay Cat, Pexn., Syn., 1771, 1S3, pi. xix, tig. 1. — Id,, Hist. Quad., L7S1, No. 171.— Id., 



A ret. Zoo!., 1784, vol. i, 51. 

 Mountain Cat. Penn., Hist, Quad., 1781, No. 168. — Id., Arct. Zool., 1784, vol. i, p. 51. 

 Lay Lynx, PENN., Hist. Quad., 1793, 303, sp. 204. 



