. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Fig. 34.—Felis Lynx. Lin.), twice the size of a large domestic Cat, and comparatively lower on the legs, is marked somewhat like the Jaguar, but with a tendency to a linking of the spots into longitudinal bands, more or less observable in different individuals.* F. Sumatranus and Bengalensis are not larger than a House-cat, but coloured like the foregoing ; though individuals commonly occur of the same greyish ground-tint as the majority of the small
. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Fig. 34.—Felis Lynx. Lin.), twice the size of a large domestic Cat, and comparatively lower on the legs, is marked somewhat like the Jaguar, but with a tendency to a linking of the spots into longitudinal bands, more or less observable in different individuals.* F. Sumatranus and Bengalensis are not larger than a House-cat, but coloured like the foregoing ; though individuals commonly occur of the same greyish ground-tint as the majority of the smaller species. A beautiful European Cat, with the markings of the Leopard group, is the F. pardina, Oken, which inhabits the mountains of Spain ; its tail, however, is short, as in the following. There are many others]. Lynxes are short-tailed Cats, with mostly pencil-tufts to their ears, and fur generally spotted more or less dis- tinctly : those of cold countries have the fur long. A species little less than a Leopard (F. lynx, Lin.) still inhabits the mountainous parts of Europe, from Scandinavia to Spain and Naples, and, it is said, the north of Africa also. [Prof. Nilsson dis- tinguishes three large European species in Scan- dinavia, and figures different varieties of each.] The Canada Lynx is smaller, with very long fur, which extends even under the toes ; [it is allied to the Wild Cat of Britain. There are many others, some, as the Pampas Cat () grad- ing into the next group. We can only notice a handsome short-haired species, the Caracal of Turkey and Persia, almost uniform bright vinous red; it is the true Lynx of the ancients. The Chati (F. Serval, F. Cuv.), an elegant spotted species, of slender form, and very high upon the legs, may be approximated to this group, and indeed has a moderately short and singularly mobile tail: it inhabits Africa. Allied to it is the Chati (F. mitis), a native of South America. Approaching the domestic Cat in size, colour, and m
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