LYNX. 
retained the true name Lvnx, instead of sub 
stituting- that of Liipus Ccrvarius. I'hey ap 
p-ca.r, likewise, after making a- proper distinc- 
tion, with Oppian, of two diiferent species, or 
races, of the Lynx — the one large, whick 
feunts and attacks, the Fallow-Deer and tiie. 
Stag ; and the other smaller, which hunts the 
Hare only — to have blended the two together :, 
namely, the Spotted Lynx, which is commonly 
foend ill the northern countries ; and the Le- 
vant or Barbary Lvnx, whose hair is of a 
■uniform colour. We have seen both thesei 
animals alive. They resemble each other in 
iiiany respe6i;s. They have both two long 
pencils of hair on the tips of their ears : this 
diaradler, under which ^lian first pohited- out 
the Lynj5, is peculiar to these two animals j 
and', probably, led the Gentlemen of the Aca 
tkmy to regard tliem as constituting but one 
vspecies. 
*' The Lynx is, unquestionably, more com- 
mon in cold than in temperate climates and 
i^ is, -at least, very rare in warm countries 
It was, indeed, known to the Greeks and 
Romans: but, from this circumstance,,^ it 
not 
