1895. _Lynx texensis_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 7:188, June 20, based on the description of a bobcat
by Audubon and Bachman, The viviparous quadrupeds of North
America, 2:293, 1851, from "the vicinity of Castroville, on
the headwaters of the Medina [River]," Medina Co., Texas.
1897. _Lynx rufus texensis_, Mearns, Preliminary diagnoses
of new mammals ... from the Mexican boundary line, p. 2,
January 12 (preprint of Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 20:458,
December 24).
_Distribution in Tamaulipas._--Probably occurs in western
half of state; known only from two localities.
The specimen examined was shot at night at about 3:00 a. m. in the beam
of a headlight in typical scrub "monte." The native name for this
bobcat in Tamaulipas is "gato rabon."
_Measurements._--A male, from Rancho Santa Rosa, measured as
follows: 885; 170; 172; 71; condylobasal length, 105.2;
interorbital constriction, 22.5; postorbital constriction,
34.6; zygomatic breadth, 83.5; squamosal constriction, 51.7;
length of maxillary tooth-row (C-P2), 38.2; length of upper
carnassial (outer side), 14.5.
_Record of occurrence._--One specimen examined from Rancho
Santa Rosa, 360 m.
Additional records: Matamoros (Baird, 1858:96); El Mulato
(Dice, 1937:251).
=Trichechus manatus latirostris= (Harlan)