CARNIVORA. 
89 
long; there aro speckles on the fur, but they are 
extremely minute and pale, and the ears are not 
pencilled, though pointed. This is, perhaps, only a 
variety of the others. The pupils of the eye in this 
species form a vertical line during day. 
THE FAsciATED LYNX. Lyux Fasciatus. 
THE MOUNTAIN LYNX. Lyux Montauus. 
THE FLORIDA LYNX. Lynx Floridaua, 
THE GOLDEN LYNX. LytlX AuveUS. 
These North American species are described by 
Rafinesque, in the American Monthly Magazine for 
the year I8I7. The first of them seems to be the cat 
mentioned by Lewis and Clarke. The fur is very 
thick, of a red brown colour, with blackish stripes 
and spots ; the ears are pencilled with black hair ; 
and the tail is very short, and white, with the tip 
black. 
The mountain lynx has the upper part of the body 
grayish, without spots ; but whitish, with brown 
spots below ; the ears are without pencils, black on 
the outside, but with whitish and yellowish spots 
within. The tail is very short. It is three or four 
feet long. 
The Florida lynx is grayish, with the flanks varied 
