GO 
CARNIVORA. 
The lynxes form a group sufficiently distinct 
among the felinse. The lynx of antiquity appears 
to have been so named from a Greek word having 
reference to its real or supposed superiority of vision y 
but as it is distinguished by a much more certain 
and tangible character, viz. the pointed ears in all, 
and pencil of stiffish hairs extending some way be- 
yond the point of each in most of them% all the 
species of the feline genus marked by this character 
are now associated under the common name of lynxes. 
They are hitherto but ill defined, and some confusion 
in the synonymes seems to render it very difficult 
to ascertain with any certainty the various species, 
which have been discovered and described. I shall 
name first those of the old world, distinguished by 
a longish tail ; premising, that cauda mediocri, and 
cauda abbreviate, being relative terms, are not easy 
to be understood. 
THE CHAUS. 
Felis Chaus ? Gm. 
Professor Guldenstedt describes this species. It is 
about two feet six inches long ; of a dusky yellow 
* And also by the want of the fourth, or auxiliary cheek-tooth, 
according to the Diet. d'Histoire Nat, 
