. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . ail vertebrae, 170; hindfoot, 185. 7-j(fa C(tHf()rni((( (). Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, 1S97,p. 458. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 298. KELIS. 459 California Lyxx. Type locality. San Diego, San Diego Countw California. Gcogr. Disir. Lower California, Mexico, and Pacific coast tractof California. Color. Above reddish brown, mixed with gray and l)lack, andtwo interrupted black lines from shoulder to root of tail; outer sidesof liml)s and sides ochraceous buff, mixed with gray ami spotted withyellowish brown; inn
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . ail vertebrae, 170; hindfoot, 185. 7-j(fa C(tHf()rni((( (). Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, 1S97,p. 458. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 298. KELIS. 459 California Lyxx. Type locality. San Diego, San Diego Countw California. Gcogr. Disir. Lower California, Mexico, and Pacific coast tractof California. Color. Above reddish brown, mixed with gray and l)lack, andtwo interrupted black lines from shoulder to root of tail; outer sidesof liml)s and sides ochraceous buff, mixed with gray ami spotted withyellowish brown; inner surface of limljs, under surface of head andbodv, and under side of tail white, banded or sj)Otted with black;chest with a rust\- gray collar s])otted with black. Measurements. Total length, 752; tail vertebrae, 150. Skull:greatest length, 107; occipito-nasal length, 100; Hensel, 8q ; zygo-matic width, 77; interorbilal constriction, 22; across postorbitalprocesses, 54; length of nasals, 22; palatal length, 41 ; length of ujjpercarnassial, alveolar border, Fig. LX. Felis r. baileyi. Bailevs Lynx. rnfii hiiilriii (Lynx), X. Am. Faun., No. 3, 1890, p. 79. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. 1901, ]). Lynx. Type locality. Moccasin Sjjring, Coconino County, Arizona. 460 FELIS. VIVERRID^. Gcogr. Distr. Arizona and northern Mexico. (State of Chihuahua.) Geiil. Char. Similar to F. rufa, but paler; cranium inflated. Color. Variable; above from grizzled pale brown and gray(Arizona specimens), to grizzled black and gray (Chihuahua, Mexico,specimens); sides buff or whitish bufT; under parts white, spottedwith black; top of head mixed brown and white, with an indistinctnarrow central brown stripe, and one on each side near ears; thighspale buff on outer side; legs mixed brown and white above, spottedwith black; beneath white, spotted with black; feet pale brown; tailbasal three-fourths pale brown, uniform, or barred with rufous, withtwo narrow subterminal half-rings and ti
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