Vol. 5] Merriam, — New Mammalia from Kancho La Brea. 



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LYNX CALIFORNICUS FISCHER!, n. vox. 



Type specimen no. 11287, Univ. Calif. Col. Vert. Palae., from 

 the asphalt beds of Rancho La Brea near Los Angeles, California. 



Two small eats of the Felis type are represented in the asphalt 

 fauna by lower jaws. One specimen closely resembles in all 

 of its characters Lynx calif ornicus found at the present time in 

 Southern California. In another form which is made the type 

 of the new variety, finch cri, the jaw has about the same length 

 as in the living species but is much more slender and the car- 

 nassial is somewhat larger. As yet no complete skeleton material 

 of this form has been obtained. 



Measurements. 



No. 11287 



Length, posterior side of canine alveolus to posterior side of Mj.... 33.9 mm. 



M u anteroposterior diameter 11.2 



Height of mandible below protoconid of M, 12.2 



Thickness of mandible below protoconid of M, 7.5 



Issued January 31, 1910. 



