346 MAMMALIA: PRIMATES. — LIV. 
“brave when hungry and in the dark, cowardly, or lazy in the day- 
time, and magnanimous when not in need of food.” The common 
House Cat, Felis domesticus Schreber, one of the smallest of the 
Felide, is a familiar representative of the group. 
a. Premolars 4:3 (anterior upper one wanting) ; tail less than half length of 
body proper ; ears triangular, tufted. . .. . . . . Lynx, 608. 
aa, Premolars 3:3 (anterior upper one very small) ; tail at least half as long as 
the body (exclusive of head and neck); fur compact and glossy; ears 
nottufted. . . 6 2 6 6 ee ew ww we ee he 6FELIS, 609. 
608. LYNX Kerr. (Avyé, wild cat.) 
1145, L. canadensis (Desmarest). Canapa Lynx. Feet very 
large, densely furred beneath in winter, concealing the small, naked 
patches. Grayish hoary, waved with black; tail black at tip; no 
distinct bars on inner side of legs; larger than the next, with larger 
feet and longer fur. L,39. T.4}. Northern N. Am., S. to N.Y. 
1146, L. rufus (Guldenstadt). AMERICAN Wixp Cat. Red- 
dish, overlaid by grayish ; inner sides of legs with dark cross-bands ; 
tail with a black patch at end above preceded by halfrings. L. 35. 
T.7. E.N. Am. 
1147, L. gigas Bangs, larger and brighter, is recorded from 
N.S. (yiyas, giant.) 
609. FELIS Linneus. (Cars.) (Lat., cat). 
1148, F. concolor L. American Panturr. Couear. Puma, 
Above tawny brownish yellow; a wash of darker along dorsal line ; 
dirty white below; kittens spotted, their tails ringed, larger than 
a sheep. L. 90. T. 32. America, N. to Canada, (Lat., one 
color.) 
Orper LIV. PRIMATES. (Ture AntTHroporD MammMa_s.) 
Both limbs nearly or quite outside of the common integument of 
the body ; fingers and toes usually 5, the thumb sometimes wanting, 
when present opposable to the others; great toe with a depressed 
nail; teeth various, usually with distinct incisors, canines and mo- 
lars ; clavicles completely developed ; shoulders distinct, well-sepa- 
rated ; brain large ; the cerebrum and cerebellum highly developed ; 
parts of the brain well differentiated. Mamme pectoral, except in 
some lemurs. A large and varied order, the highest among animals, 
comprising men, apes, baboons, monkeys, and lemurs. The lemurs 
diverge in many respects from the other primates, and should per- 
haps stand as a separate order (Prosimii). The structural pecu- 
liarities of man are not numerous, and are mostly correlated with 
the great development of the brain, the chief peculiarity character- 
istic of the Hominide. (Lat., primatus, the chief place.) 
