FELIS i\UFA
T H E B A T LY N X , AM E R IC A N W IL D CAT.
BAY CAT, Penn. Syn. (17 7 1 ) p. 188, pi. xix. fig. 1.—Id. Hist. Quad (1781) no. 171.7-Id. Arct. Zool. (17 8 4 ) v o i i. p. 51.
FELIS RUFA, Güldenst. Nov. Comm. Petr. xx. p. 499 (1776).—Schreb. Säugeth. (1778) Th. iii. p. 412, t. cix. B.—Gmel. S y s t N at. (1816) p. 107.
—Desm. Nouv. D ie t Hist. Nat. (1816) p. 107.—Id. Mamm. (1820) p. .225. no. 347.—Temm. Mon. Mamm. (1827) vol. i. p. 141. Less.
Man. Mamm. (1827) p. 192. sp. 514.—F. Cuv. Hist. Nat. Mamm. (1828) vol. ii. pl. 141.—Fisch. Syn. Mamm. (18 2 9 ) p. 212. sp. 32.—
Blainv. Ostéog. (1839-64) vol. ii. pl. 141.—Güldenst. Voy. de la Venus, t. 9. figs. 2 -4 (skull).—rLess. Compì. Buff. (1839) vol. i. p. 411.
Id. Nouv. Tab. Règn. Anim. (1842) p. 57. sp. 549.—Blyth, Jour. Asiat. Soc. Beng. (1842) vol. xi. pt. ii. p. 752.—Geoff. S t-Hil. Voy.
Venus, Zool. (1855) vol. i. p. 150. pl. ix.—Gerv. Hist. Nat. Mamm. (1855) p. 9 l.—Alston, Biol. Centr. Amer. (1880) p. 64.
MOUNTAIN CAT, Penn. H ist Quad. (1781) no. 168.—Id. A rct. Zool. (1784) vol. i. p. 51.
BAY LYNX, Penn. H is t Quad. (1793) p. 303. sp. 204, pl.
TIGER CAT, Lewis & Clark, Travels, (1814) vol. ii. p. 167.
LYNX FLORIDANUS, Raff. Amer. Month. Mag. (1817) vol. ii. p. 46.
LYNX MONTANUS, Raff. Amer. Month. Mag. (1817) vol. ii. p. 46.
LYNX RUFUS, Raff. Amer. Month. Mag. (1817) vol. ii. p. 46.—Aud. Bach. Quad. N. Amer, (1849) vol. i. pl. i. 8vo. ed.—Bart. Am. Nat vol. xii.
p. 628.
LYNX AUREUS, Raff. Amer. Month. Mag. (1817) vol. ii. p. 46.—Less. Compì. Buff. (1839) vol. i. p. 412.
LYNX FASCIATUS, Raff. Amer. Month. Mag. (1817) vol. ii. p . 46.—Desm. Mamm. (1820) vol. i. p. 225.—Baird, U.S. P. R.R. Expl. Exped.
(1857) vol. viii. p. 96,
FELIS MONTANA, Desm. Mamm. (1820) p . 225. no, 349, pl. 98. fig. 2— Harl. Faun. Amer. (1825) p. 101.—Less. Man. Mamm. (1827) p. 194.
sp. 522.—Id. Compì. Buff. (1839) vol. i. p. 411.—Leconte, Pròc. Acad. Nat. Seien. Phil. (1854) p. 9.—Gerv. Hist. Nat. Mamm. (1855)
p. 92.
FELIS FLORIDANA, Desm. Mamm. (1820) p. 225. sp. 350.—Less. Man. Mamm. (1827) p. 194. sp. 524.—Id. Compì. Buff. (1839) vol. i. p. 412.
FELIS AUREA, Desm. Mamm. (1820) p. 2'25.—Less. Man. Mamm. (1827) p. 194. sp. 524.—Id. Nouv. Tab. Règn. Anim. (1842) p. 57. sp. 551.
FELIS CAROLINENSIS, Desm. Mamm. (1820) p. 234. note 1.—Less. Man. Mamm. (1827) p. 195. sp. 527.—Id. Compì. Buff. (1839) vol. i. p. 411.
FELIS FASCIATA, Buff. Suppl. vol. iii. pl. 44.—Harl. Faun. Amer. (1825) p. 100.—Cuv. Ossem. FosS. vol. vi. p. 441.—Less. Man. Mamm. (1827)
p. 193. sp. 521.—Swain. & Rich. Faun. Bor.-Amer. (1829) Mamm. p. 104.—Fisch. Syn. Mamm. (1829) p. 212.—Less. Compì. Buff.
(1839) vol. i. p. 411.—Id. Nouv. Tab. Règn. Anim. (1842) p. 57. sp. 550.
CHAT À V EN T R E TACHETÉ, F. Cuv. Hist. Mamm. (1826) vol. ii. pl. 140.—Temm. Mon. Mamm. (1827) vol. i. Append, p. 258.
FELIS MACULATA, Vig. & Horsf. Zool. Joum. (1829) vol. iv. p. 381, pl. xiii.—Less. Compì. Buff. (1839) vol. i. p. 411.—Id. Nouv. Tab. Règn.
Anim. (1842) p. 58. sp. 553.
LYNX RUFUS, var. MACULATUS, Aud. & Bach. Quad. N . Amer. (1842) 8vo ed. vol. ii. p. 293, pl. xcii.—Baird, U.S. P. R.R. Expl. Exp. (1857)
vol. viti. p. 93.—Id. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv, (1859) p . 13.—Allen, Bull. Ü.S. Geol. Surv. vol. ii. p. 322.
LYNCHUS RUFUS, Severtz. Rev. Mag. Zool. (1858) p. 386.
LYNCUS RUFUS, DeKay, Nat. H is t N. York (1842) p. 51.—Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1867)'p. 279.—Id. Cat Carn. Mamm. (1869) p. 38. sp. 7.
LYNCUS FASCIATUS, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1867) p. 276.—Id. Cat. Carn. Mamm. (1869) p. 38.
LYNX MACULATUS, Murray, Geog. Distr. Mamm. (1864) p. 101.
LYNCUS MACULATUS, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc; (1867) p. 297.—Id. Cat. Carn. Mamm. (1869) p. 38. sp. 8.
Short-tailed Cat of the Texans ; Gato monies o f the Mexicans ; No-mé o f the Yuma Indians ; Chimbi, Cochinnes of Lower Calfornia ( S c h o t t ) .
Hab. North America generally.
T h e Bay Lynx is generally distributed throughout the United States, especially in the forests o f the Alleghanies and
other mountain-ranges, extending southwards into Florida and Mexico. I t is also found in California and about the
Columbia river. Although it has borne many names, yet I can see no reason for believing that there is more than one
species, individuals from various districts varying from the typical style to a greater or less degree, but not more so than is
generally the case among the changeable members of this family. The Florida form, separated by some authors as