MAMMALS— CANID^E— (JANIS LUPUS OCCLDENTALIS. 



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Lynx aureus, Eaf., Am. Month. Mag-., 1817, 4G, sp. 6. — Less., Comp. Buft'., 1S39, 



vol. i, 412. 

 Panthera concolor maculata, Fitz., Sitzg. Akad. Wiss. "Wieu, 1S69, lix, 030. 

 Lynx fasciatus, Rae!, Am. Mouth. Mag., 1817, vol. ii, 4C— Baied, U. S. P. E. R. Expl. 



Exp., 1857, vol. viii, 96— Suckl., U. S. P. R. R. Expl. Exp., 1860, vol. 



xii, 109. — Desm., Mamm., 1820, vol. i, 22.3. 

 Tiger Cat, Lewis & Clark, Travels, 1814, vol. ii, 107. 



Note. — The above synonymy, as prepared by Mr. D. G. Elliot, includes the 

 three subspecies into which the present is divisible, and which, we think, will demand 

 recognition by varietal name, since they are differentiated strictly according to geo- 

 graphical distribution; var. fasciatus being the heavily-colored red form from the wet 

 northwest coast, and var. maculatus being the richly-spotted southern form. 



Specimens. / 



No. 



Name. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. Remarks. 



15 



•5 A 

 15 B 



L. rufus 



do 



Acoma, N. Mex 



N Mex 



Nov., 1S73 

 Oct., 1S73 

 Aug., 1S73 



Lieutenant Russell- . 

 H. W. Henshaw.... 

 Dr. C. G. Newberry . 



Craniumandskin. 



Skin. 



Skin. 



L. rufus, var. maculatus. 



White Mts., Ariz 



The presence of this widely-distributed aniinal in all suitable localities 

 in the region explored was ascertained by the survey ; and several fine 

 specimens were secured, apparently representing both the ordinary rufus 

 and the var. maculatus. In addition to the specimens above tabulated, others 

 were taken in 1871, near Bill Williams' Mountain. 



Fam. CANID^. 



Genus CANIS, L. 



CAX1S LUPUS OCCIDENTAL1S. 



American Woli"; Timber or Buffalo Wolf ; Lobo of the Jlexicans. 



Generally distributed; but said to be scarce in Colorado, New Mexico, 

 and Arizona, Very numerous north of the fortieth parallel, in mountains 

 of Western Utah. Species represented by a cranium and skin, deposited in 

 the Arnvy Medical Museum, from Indian Spring, Utah. 



CiiAii. — Largest species of the genus. Length 3 to 5 feet, generally about 4; tail 12 

 to 18 inches; skull 8 to 11 inches long, generally to 10; width 4. : J to 5^, 

 generally about 5^ ; color indeterminate. 



