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SPECIES OP LYNX 



■ Feet very large ; tail very short; fur long and loose; ear 

 tufts long ; skull broad (subgenus Lynx) 

 Upper parts light (a mixture of dark brown and gray) .... L. canadensis 



Upper parts dark (a mixture of black and hazel) L. sub solan us 



Feet moderate ; tail moderate ; fur short and dense; ear 

 tufts short ; skull narrow (subgenus Cervaria) 

 Color rich, with much black on upper parts ; greatest length 



of skull about 132 (5i) L. gigas 



Color dull, little black on upper parts ; greatest length of 

 ■ skull about 120 (4|) L. ruffus 



Lynx canadensis Kerr Canada lynx 



1792 Lynx canadensis Kerr, Animal kingdom, 1, Systematic catalogue 

 (inserted between p. 32 and 33), no. 298. (Canada) 



Back a grizzle of dark brown and light gray ; belly dirty white ; ear tufts 

 about 50 (2). Total length, 1000 (39i) ; tail vertebrae, 100 (4) ; hind foot, 225 

 (8|) ; breadth of front foot about 80 (3A). (canadensis; N. Lat., Canadian) 



The Canada lynx occurs in the forested region of "the whole of boreal 

 North America from Maine and northern New York to Alaska, but now 

 very rare and apparently becoming extirpated in the east." — -Bangs 



Lynx subsolanus Bangs Newfoundland lynx 

 1897 Lynx subsolanus Bangs, Proc. biolog. soc. Washington. 16 Mar. 1897. 

 11 : 49. (Codroy, Newfoundland) 



Back a grizzle of black and hazel; belly pale yellowish brown with irregular 

 spots of black. Total length, 920 (36) ; tail vertebrae, 110 (4i) ; hind foot, 220 

 (8f); breadth of front foot about 75 (3) (subsolanus; Lat., under the east 

 wind, i. e. eastern) 



The Newfoundland lynx is confined to the island of Newfoundland. 



Lynx ruffus (Gueldenstaedt) Bay lynx; wildcat 



1776 Felis ruffus Gueldenstaedt, Novi. comment, acad. scieut. Imp. Petro- 



politanae. (1775), 20 : 484. 1776. 

 1897 Lynx ruffus Rhoads, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia, p. 32. 



Bacli yellotvish gray tinged with rufous, uuich spotted and streaked with black ; 

 belly whitish spotted with black; a brownish collar on throat. Total length 900 

 (35i); tail vertebrae, 170 (61); liintl ^«ot, 180 (7lr) ; breadth of front foot about 

 50(2). (ruffus; Lat., reddish) 



The wildcat ranges from northern Georgia to the coast of Maine. It 

 is often common in comparatively thickly settled tlistricts. The species 

 is divisible into numerous subspecies, of which the typical form only (L. 

 ruffus ruffus) occurs within our limits. 



