44 CAENIVORA. 



SIBEEIAN OE PEESIAN LYNX. 

 Felis IsdbelUna. 



The Persian Lynx is much smaller than any other 

 Lynx, excepting, of course, the Bay Lynx; it is only 

 about 3 feet long ; the fur is close, dense, and of a palish 

 light brown or yellowish colour, sometimes marked with 

 spots, more or less well defined ; the pale and light hue 

 of its coat is probably produced by the elevated and 

 exposed regions in which it lives. 



This Lynx inhabits Persia, Siberia, Nepaul, Thibet, 

 and Central Asia generally. 



Not many skins are imported into Western Europe, 

 and its fur is applied to the same purposes as that of 

 the American Lynx. 



The Persian Lynx is probably a local variety of the 

 ordinary Lynx. 



