. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. TKEE-CLIMBING CATS 21 tinent north of Mexico, which are yet sufficiently wild to shelter them from man. They inhabit with eciual facility forests, mountains, Drawn by J. Carter Beard. CANADA LYNX. sage-brush plains, and even deserts. They prey chiefly upon rabbits and hares, grouse, prairie- "dogs," ground squirrels, and any other hving creatures, except porcupines, which they can catch and kill. They are not courageous, or disposed to fight except when
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. TKEE-CLIMBING CATS 21 tinent north of Mexico, which are yet sufficiently wild to shelter them from man. They inhabit with eciual facility forests, mountains, Drawn by J. Carter Beard. CANADA LYNX. sage-brush plains, and even deserts. They prey chiefly upon rabbits and hares, grouse, prairie- "dogs," ground squirrels, and any other hving creatures, except porcupines, which they can catch and kill. They are not courageous, or disposed to fight except when cornered, and so far as voluntarily attacking human beings is concerned. Lynxes are no more dangerous than rabbits. In North America the genus Lynx is repre- sented by two well-marked types. The Canada Lynx' is a heavily-furred, short- bodied, long-legged bob-tailed wild cat of a pep- per-and-salt gray color, .standing about 1<S inches high at the shoulders. It is readily recognized by the long pencil of stiff, black hair rising from, the tip of each ear, and its huge, hairy paws. Its big eyes and long side whiskers give it a really terrifying countenance, particularly when it snarls. To the lone hunter who camps in the dark and gloomy forests inhabited by this creat- ure, it seems a very dangerous animal; but in reaUty it is not so. Those who have hunted it say it is not courageous, and at close quarters is easily killed with a stick. It is a good climber, swims well, but on land runs rather poorly, with a galloping gait. Although found in a few local- ities in the northern United States, its real home is in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, and the ' Lynx can-a-den'sis. Northwest, up to Latitude 60°. A good aver- age-sized male specimen collected by Professor Dyche in British Columbia measured as follows: Height, 17A inches; head and boily length, .32 inches; tail, .5 inches; girth, ITi inches. The weight of a full-grown sjjecimen is 22 pounds, and the j'oung are two in n
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