10 



black all round. The feet are large, densely furred in winter so as to con- 

 ceal the pads. Hind feet about nine inches long. General color grayish 

 hoary with concealed pale rufous, and waved with black, especially on 

 the back; obsolete dark markings on the head; ears with narrow black 

 margin on the convexity, and black pencil of hairs; whiskers chiefly 

 white. 



This species may be known from the others by its larger size, and 

 relatively longer hair and feet, independent of color marks. It is nearer 

 L. rufus than other American lynxes, but may be at once known by its 

 larger size, fuller fur, larger and densely furred feet concealing the soles. 

 Its relationship to certain European species, Felis lynx and Felis borealis, is 

 by no means clear. 



In the summer pelage the fur is much shorter and less dense ; the 

 colors are much the same, with, however, more rufous and less gray. 

 The pads on the feet are distinctly visible in summer, not being over- 

 grown as in winter specimens. 



The following measurements were taken from a specimen in the flesh. 



INCHES. 



Head fJJ 



Head and body J 'Mi 



Tail, vertebrss 1 4J 



Tail, hairs 51 



Hind feet 9 



Lynx eupus, (Gm.) Raf. 

 Bay Lynx; Wild Cat; Mountain Cat; Tiger Cat. 



1776. Felia ruffa, Guldenstadt, Nov. Comm. Petrop., xx, 1776, 499. 



1788. Felis ruffa, Gmel., Syst. Nat., 1788, vol. i, pt. i,.82, sp. 19.— Schreb., 

 Saugth., 1788, th. iii, 412, tab. cix. B. — Desm., Nouv. Diet, d Hist. 

 Nat., 1816, 107.— F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, vol. ii. pi. 

 141. — Blain., Osteog., 1839, 64, vol. ii, pi. xi. — Desm., Mamm., 

 1820, 225, No. 347.— Guldenst., Voy. de la Venus, t. 9, fig. 2-4 

 (skull). — Temm., Mon. Mamm., 1827, vol. i. 141. — Less., Man. 

 Mamm., 1827, 192, sp. 514.— Id., Compl. Buff., 1839, vol. i, 411.— 

 Geoff. St. Hil., Voy. Venus, Zool, 1855, 160, pi. ix — Pisch., 

 Syn. Mamm., 1829, 212, sp. 32.— Less., Nouv. Tab. E^gn. Anim., 

 1842, 57, sp. 649.— Gerv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1855, 91.— Blyth, 

 Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., 1842, vol. xi, pt. ii, 752.. 



1829. Felis maculata, Vig. & Horsf., Zool. Journ., 1829, vol. iv, 380.— 

 Less., Comp. Buff., 1839, vol. i, 411.— Id., Nouv. Tab. R&gn. 

 Anim., 1842, 58, sp. 553. 



