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North American.
The bay lynx, Lynx rufus, a small North American lynx with a spotted reddish-brown coat. Also transferred.
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1888 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. Mar. 656 We also keep hens, which, in spite of the damaging inroads of hawks, bob~cats, and foxes, supply us with eggs.
1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 20 June 2 The creation of this new commonwealth on virgin soil, where for centuries the wolves, bob-cats and Indians had leisurely roamed.
1911 O. Wister Members of Family vii. 250 I came for a box of matches, y'u bawlin' bobcat.
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