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lynx
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...target of farmers. The Spanish lynx, F. pardina, which once ranged...jungle cat, F. chaus, is a lynx of N Africa and Asia, found...scrub. The caracal , or African lynx, F. caracal, is found in dry country in Africa and W Asia. Lynxes are classified in the phylum...
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Persian lynx
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Persian lynx see caracal .
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bobcat
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
bobcat ( wild cat or red lynx ) Vicious, short-tailed cat found throughout swamp, forest and grassland regions of the USA...60 days. Length: body 64–76cm (25–30in). Family Felidae; species Lynx rufus.
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Whilomville Stories
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
...shop of an unperceptive barber, to the alarm and sorrow of their parents. Lynx‐Hunting details the adventures of three small boys with a rifle, who seek a lynx, aim at a chipmunk, and hit a farmer's cow. The Lover and the Telltale...
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Africa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...something uncanny and uncomfortable. She was dressed beautifully in lynx skins folded over and over from waist to knee, the upper part...yarn, strips of snakeskin, and fringes of Angora goat fleece. Lynx tails hung like lappets on each side of her face, which was...
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Constellations
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Lizard 22 +45 Leo Lion 11 +17 Leo Minor Small Lion 10 +35 Lepus Hare 5 -23 Libra Balance 15 -13 Lupus Wolf 15 -36 Lynx Lynx 8 +41 Lyra Lyre 19 +42 Mensa Table 6 -78 Microscopium Microscope 21 -36 Monoceros Unicorn 7 -8 Musca Fly 13 -72...
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cat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...among them. Among these cats are the puma (or cougar), the lynx (including the bobcat), the ocelot , the jaguarundi, the...developed form in some civets. All cats, with the exception of the lynx and related species, have long tails which they use for balance...
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Saint Paul: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
...League play in the new 650,000 square foot Xcel Energy Center. Women's National Basketball Association team the Minnesota Lynx came to the Twin Cities in 2000. University of Minnesota teams compete in the Big Ten in football, baseball, hockey, and...
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Kingfishers
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal. Handbook of the Birds of the World . Vol. 6, Mousebirds to Hornbills. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 2001. Forshaw, Joseph. Encyclopedia of Birds . 2nd ed. New York: Academic Press, 1998. Fry, C.H., K...
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Plovers
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 3, Hoatzin to Auks. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 1996. Hayman, P., J. Marchant, and T. Prater. Shore Birds: An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World...
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