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black all round. The feet are large, densely furred in winter so as to con- 
ceal the pads. Hind feet about nine incheslong. General color grayish 
hoary with concealed pale rufous, and waved with black, especially on 
the back; obsolete dark markings on the head; ears with narrow black 
margin on the convexity, and black pencil of hairs; whiskers chiefly 
white. 
This species may be known from the others by its larger size, and 
relatively longer hair and feet, independent of color marks. It is nearer 
L. rufus than other American lynxes, but may be at once known by its 
larger size, fuller fur, larger and densely furred feet concealing the soles. 
Its relationship to certain European species, Melis lynx and Felis borealis, is 
by no means clear. 
In the summer pelage the fur is much shorter and less dense; the 
colors are much the same, with, however, more rufous and less gray. 
The pads on the feet are distinctly visible in summer, not being over- 
grown as in winter specimens. 
The following measurements were taken from a specimen in the flesh. 
INCHES. 
Cad sae oe ase J CE ee ee a aa Leek SMe ee he lee be perenne tS 64 
Head and) body secs sats coos Sosktsec cesieee Went ee actae octnle Oe oe leet ees eebecoer: mod a: 
Mails vertebree, jacks Lo oaars is ewteie wee soe aiee a eaten ena Ee 4h 
PAPA aires eel Yer 8S aN Bee We ONG tore uate athe stance a wate ay ne Paterateer o£ 
DB BG YS a Rey sy aeNeR een a shel edi AL a pel eta a ss te ie ieee 9 
Lynx RuUFUuS, (Gm.) Raf. 
Bay Lynx; WILD CaT; MouNTAIN CAT; TIGER CAT. 
1776. Felis ruffa, Guldenstadt, Nov. Comm. Petrop., xx, 1776, 499. 
1788. Felis ruffa, Gmel., Syst. Nat., 1788, vol. i, pt. i, 82, sp. 19.—Schreb., 
Saiugth., 1788, th. iii, 412, tab. cix. B—Desm., Nouv. Dict. d Hist. 
Nat., 1816, 107.—F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, vol. ii. pl. 
141.—Blain., Osteog., 1839, 64, vol. i1, pl. xi—Desm., Mamm., 
1820, 225, No. 847.—Guldenst., Voy. de la Venus, t. 9, fig. 2-4 
(skull).—Temm., Mon. Mamm., 1827, vol. i. 141.—Less., Man. 
Mamm., 1827, 192, sp. 514.—Id., Compl. Buff., 1889, vol. 1, 411.— 
Geoff. St. Hil., Voy. Venus, Zo6l, 1855, 150, pl. ix.—Fisch., 
Syn. Mamm., 1829, 212, sp. 32.—Less., Nouv. Tab. Regn. Anim., 
1842, 57, sp. 549.—Gerv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1855, 91.—Blyth, 
Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., 1842, vol. xi, pt. 11, 782. 
1829. Felis maculata, Vig. & Horsf., Zool. Journ., 1829, vol. iv, 880.— 
Less., Comp. Buff., 1839, vol. i, 411—Id., Nouv. Tab. Régn. 
Anim., 1842, 58, sp. 553. 
