. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. ORDERS OF MAMMALS—FLESH-EATERS spotted coat is more common, and occasionally the spots are strongly marked all o\-cr the animal. The face of the Bay Lynx is really very Ijeauti-. Fhoto. and copyright by W. L. Underwood, 1902. LYNX. ful, and when not too fat from overfeeding in captivity, the body is lithe and graceful. When kept in large cages in the open air and sunlight, sheltered from storms, and not overfed, this ani- mal is easily kept in fine condition. In artif
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. ORDERS OF MAMMALS—FLESH-EATERS spotted coat is more common, and occasionally the spots are strongly marked all o\-cr the animal. The face of the Bay Lynx is really very Ijeauti-. Fhoto. and copyright by W. L. Underwood, 1902. LYNX. ful, and when not too fat from overfeeding in captivity, the body is lithe and graceful. When kept in large cages in the open air and sunlight, sheltered from storms, and not overfed, this ani- mal is easily kept in fine condition. In artificially heated buildings they do not thrive. This species is found in nearly all the states east of the Mississippi which contain large areas of rough forests, but are most numerous in Maine, the Carolinas, Florida, Virginia and Tennessee. In the "bad-lands" and mountains of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Texas thoy are really numerous, and feed luxuriously on the cotton- tail rabbits that are now so abundant in that re- gion. Varieties of this species extend westward to the Pacific coast states. East of the Missis- sippi River, an a^'erage of about twenty speci- mens are caught alive each year, and offered for sale. Their value when caught is $fO each, and the supply exceeds the demand. By measurement the Red Lynx is fully as large as the Canada lynx. The largest speci- men that ever came into my hands (on Pryor Creek, Montana) measured in length of head and body 3i inches, tail 7 inches, height at shoulder IS inches, and weighed 18 pounds. The largest of nine specimens killed by Mr. Roosevelt's party in Routt Co., Colorado, in 1901, weighed .39 pounds. One killed near Asheville, North Caro- lina, in 1900, is reported to have weighed 51 pounds. No lynxes are found in the lowlands of the tropics, or in South America. THE DOG FAMILY. Canidae. Of all the wild creatures of North America, none are more despicable than wolves. There is no depth of meanness, treachery or
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