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FLESH-EATERS 



This species is found in nearly all the states east of the 

 Mississippi which contain large areas of rough forests, but 

 is most numerous in Maine, the Carolinas, Florida, Vir- 

 ginia, and Tennessee. In the "bad lands" and mountains 

 of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Texas they are really 



Photo, and copyright by "W. L. Underwood, 1902. 

 BAY LYNX. 



numerous, and feed luxuriously on the Cottontail rabbits that 

 are now so abundant in those regions. Varieties of this species 

 extend westward to the Pacific coast states. East of the Mis- 

 sissippi River about twenty specimens are caught alive each 

 year and offered for sale. Their value when caught is $10 

 each, and the supply exceeds the demand. 



By measurement the Red Lynx is fully as large as the 



