This large cat likely occurred throughout northwestern South Dakota
prior to settlement by white man. No specimens are available from
Harding County, but Visher (1914:91) reported that an individual
"visited the East Short Pines in the winter of 1910-11." It is doubtful
that _Felis concolor_ occurs in the area today, except possibly as an
occasional transient.
~Lynx rufus pallescens~ Merriam, 1899