Genus Lynx. Raf. 



Lynx, Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag., I, Oct., 1817, 437.— lb., II, 1817, 

 46.— Aud. & Bach., N. A. Quad., I, 1849, I. 



Lyncus, "Gray," DeKay, New York Zool., I, 1842, 50. 



Generic Marks. — Molars |:| (the small anterior premolar of Felis absent.) 

 Tail considerably less than half the body, exclusive of head and neck, 

 generally not much longer than head, abruptly truncate at tip. 



There are four species of Lynx in the United States : the Canada Lynx, 

 Lynx canadensis, largest of the genus, ranging north, tbe pads of the feet 

 overgrown with hair so as to be concealed in winter ; the other three, L. 

 fasciatus, the Red Cat, L. rufus, the American Wild Cat, and L. maculatus, 

 the Texan Wild Cat, are smaller, have more naked soles, and are more 

 southern in their distribution. 



Lynx canadensis, (Desm.) Raf. 

 Canada Lynx. 



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



1816. Felis canadensis, Desm., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 1816, 108. — Id., 

 Mam., 1820, 224, No. 346.— Gapper, Zool. Journ., 1835, vol. v. 

 203.— Swajns. & Rich., Faun. Bor. Am., vol. i, 1829, 101.— Murr., 

 Geog. Distr. Mam., 1866, 101.— Jard., Nat. Libr., vol. xvi, 259, 

 pi. xxxiii. — Less., Man. Mam., 1827, 191, sp. 513. — Harln., 

 Faun. Am., 1825, 98 —Griff, Anim. King., 1827, vol. v, 174.— 

 Fisch., Syn. Mam., 1829, 213, sp. 31.— Less., Nouv. Tab. Regn. 

 Anim., ]842, 57, sp. 648.— Gerv., Hist. Nat. Mam., 1855, 92. 



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



1842. Lyncus canadensis, Gray, Cat. Mam. Brit. Mus., 1842, 46. — Id., P. 

 Z. S., 1867, 276.— Id., Cat. Cam. Mam,, 1869, 37, sp. 3. 



1847. Felis borealis, Temm., Mon. Mam., 1847, vol. 1, 109, App., 251.— 

 Less., Man. Mam., 1827, 184, sp. 490.— Id., Comp. BufT., 1839, vol. 

 i, 411 — Wagn., Supp. Schreb., 1841, vol. ii, 519.— Blyth, J. A. S. 

 B , 1842, vol. xi, pt. ii, p. — . 



1857. Lynx canadensis, Baird, U. S. P. R. R. Expl. Exp., 1857, vol. viii, 

 99.— Raf., Am. Month. Mag., 1817, vol. ii, 46.— Aud. & Bach., 

 Quad. N. Am., 1849, vol. i, l36, pi. xvii. — Jordan, Manual of 

 the Vertebrates, 1878, 16, 2nd ed. — Le Lynx du Canada, Cuv., 

 Ossem. Foss., 1825, vol. iv, 443. — Buff., Suppl., vol. iii, pi. xliv. — 

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

 Specific Marks. — This lynx is the size of a setter dog. The tail is as 



short or shorter than the head, its last fifth black above, and extreme end 



