See also:

• LYNX (Lat. Lynx, Gr. airy, probably connected with X hovewv, to see)

LYNX (See also:

• LAT

Lat. Lynx, Gr. See also:

• AIRY, SIR GEORGE BIDDELL (1801-1892)

airy, probably connected with X hovewv, to see)  , a genus of mammals of the See also:

• FAMILY

family Felidae, by some naturalists regarded only as a subgenus or See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the typical genus Felis (see See also:

• CARNIVORA

CARNIVORA) . As an See also:

• ENGLISH

English word(See also:

• LYNX (Lat. Lynx, Gr. airy, probably connected with X hovewv, to see)

lynx)the name is used of any See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal of this See also:

• GROUP

group . It is not certain to which of these, if to any of them, the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek name X yE was especially applied, though it was more probably the See also:

• CARACAL
• CARACAL (Lynx caracal)

caracal (q.v.) than any of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• SPECIES

species . The so-called lynxes of Bacchus were generally represented as resembling leopards rather than any of the species now known by the name . Various fabulous properties were attributed to the animal, whatever it was, by the ancients, that of extraordinary See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision, including ability to see through opaque substances, being one; whence the epithet " lynx-eyed," which has survived to the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . Lynxes are found in the northern and temperate regions of both the Old and New See also:

• WORLD

World; they are smaller than leopards, and larger than true See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• CATS, JACOB (1577-1660)

cats, with See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long limbs, See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short stumpy tail, ears tufted at the tip, and See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye linear when contracted . Their See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur is generally long and soft, and always longish upon the cheeks . Their See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown or See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey, and generally spotted with a darker shade . The naked pads of the feet are more or less covered by the See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair that grows between them . The See also:

• SKULL

skull and See also:

• SKELETON

skeleton do not differ markedly from those of the other cats . Their habits are exactly those of the other wild cats . Their See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food consists of any mammals or birds which they can overpower .

They commit extensive ravages upon See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep and poultry . They generally frequent rocky places and forests, being active climbers, and passing much of their See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time among the branches of the trees . Their skins are of considerable value in the fur See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . The northern lynx (L. lynx or L. borealis) of Scandinavia, See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, eoi' N..- .14:1, t' 1 From a See also:

• DRAWING

drawing by See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

Wolf in Elliot's Monograph of the Felidae . See also:

• EUROPEAN

European Lynx . northern See also:

• ASIA

Asia, and till lately the See also:

• FOREST

forest regions of central See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, has not inhabited See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain during the historic See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, but its remains have been found in See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave deposits of See also:

• PLEISTOCENE

Pleistocene See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . Dr W . T . See also:

• BLANFORD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1832-1905)

Blanford says that the characters on which E . See also:

• BLYTH

Blyth relied in separating the Tibetan lynx (L. isabellinus) from the European species are probably due to the nature of its See also:

• HABITAT (a French word derived from habiter, Lat. habitare, to dwell)

habitat among rocks, and that he himself could find no See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character justifying separation . The pardine lynx (L. pardinus) from See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern Europe is a- very handsome species; its fur is rufous above and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white beneath . Several lynxes are found in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America; the most northerly has been described as the See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian lynx (L. canadensis) ; the See also:

• BAY

bay lynx (L. See also:

• RUFUS, GAIUS VALGIUS
• RUFUS, LUCIUS VARIUS (c 74—14 B.c.)

rufus), with a rufous coat in summer, ranges See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south to See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, with spotted and streaked varieties—L. maculalus in See also:

• TEXAS

Texas and southern See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, and L. fasciatus in See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington and See also:

• OREGON

Oregon .

The first three were regarded by St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• MIVART, ST GEORGE JACKSON (1827-1900)

Mivart as See also:

• LOCAL

local races of the northern lynx . A fifth See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, the See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau lynx (L. baileyi), was described by Dr C . H . Merriam in 189o, but the See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences between it and the bay lynx are slight and unimportant .