MAMMALS-FELIDAE-LYNX RUFUS. 
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The edges of the lips are black. On the top of the head are several indistinct longitudinal lines 
of dusky-brown. 
The interior of the ear is uniform grayish-white. The exterior surface exhibits a narrow 
border (the edge of the ear) of rufous white, within which the surface is lustrous black, with a 
triangular patch occupying the central portion, of grayish-white. The lustrous black is most 
distinct anteriorly and at the point of the ear ; posteriorly and interiorly, it is much duller and 
tinged with grayish-brown. The black at the tip of the ear is continuous into a pencil of hairs 
about half an inch long. 
The upper parts and sides of the body are of a light rufous, tinged with hoary, exhibiting, 
however, a considerable number of obscure rounded spots as large as the end of the finger, of a 
darker and more distinct rusty than elsewhere. This color belongs chiefly to the soft wool 
between the long hairs ; this is pale lead color at the base, and darker or lighter rufous, as the 
spots fall in it or not. The tips are generally more or less hoary. There are also intermixed a 
good many hairs with, black tips, which, concentrating along the vertebral region, become quite 
conspicuous, and impart the appearance of indistinct longitudinal lines, as they happen to fall 
together. 
The exterior of the limbs much resembles the sides of the body, except that the color is a little 
more rufous, and the spots are smaller, darker, and more distinct. The hairs on the under 
surface of the feet are dark plumbeous-brown, this color extending up the leg for a short 
distance. The under parts and inside of the limbs is pure white, with sooty black blotches, this 
color extending to the roots of the hairs, which are elsewhere lead color. On the upper part of 
the insides of the limbs are some larger blotches than elsewhere, which on the hind leg, how¬ 
ever, do not convey the idea of transverse bars. 
The anal region and under surface of the tail, with its extreme tip, are white. The extremity 
of the tail exhibits a quadrangular patch of pure black, about one-half to one-third longer than 
wide, (one and a half inches long,) and there is a second narrow transverse dusky (not black) 
bar, a little anterior to the first. Yery obscure indications of other transverse bars may be 
seen between this and the root of the tail. The upper part of the tail generally, except as 
described, is like the sides of the body. 
In addition to the markings described, there is an obscure dark line along the sides of the 
neck, starting below the ear, and two rounded black spots between the anterior extremities of 
these lines, which diverge slightly from each other. 
The ears of this species are quite large and pointed. The naked portions of the soles are quite 
limited. There are seven naked pads on the fore feet and five behind. 
A second specimen from the Grila (1338) and one from Dona Ana, (1*709,) agree also with the 
above description. 
Measurements. 
Inches. 
Length (corrugated skin) from nose to root of tail— 
Tail to end of vertebra_ 
28 
51 
41 
Tail to end of hairs__ 
Skull, length_ 
Skull, width_ . ___ 
