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CARNIVORA. 
THE CANADA LYNX. 
Felis Canadensis. 
The opposite figures represent the male and female 
Canada lynx. They are, in general, from two feet 
six to three feet long, and the fur is very thick, long, 
and soft. When walking, this species presents a 
singular appearance in the slender form of the body 
(commonly arched), contrasted with the unwieldy 
size of its legs and paws. 
Major Smith has also a drawing of another animal, 
taken in Virginia, though it is possibly only the young 
of the last mentioned, or the same species in a summer 
dress, in a more southern latitude. It wants, however, 
the hanging beard on each side of the cheeks, with 
its characteristic black ends, as also the streak at the 
angle of the eyes, which seem to indicate a specific 
difference. 
THE UNITED STATES LYNX* LE CHAT CERVIER. 
The common lynx is called by the French furriers 
the loup cervier, or stag-wolf, and the species re- 
presented in the opposite plate is named by them 
chat cervier, or stag-cat. It is a little less than the 
common lynx, with a truncated ta;il, not two inches 
