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Felis pardina

Pardine \Par"dine\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Spotted like a pard.

Pardine lynx (Zo["o]l.), a species of lynx ( Felis pardina) inhabiting Southern Europe. Its color is rufous, spotted with black.

Felis pardina

Lynx \Lynx\ (l[i^][ng]ks), n. [L. lynx, lyncis, Gr. ly`gx; akin to AS. lox, G. luchs, prob. named from its sharp sight, and akin to E. light. See Light, n., and cf. Ounce an animal.]

  1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.

    Note: Among the well-known species are the European lynx ( Felis borealis); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier ( Felis Canadensis syn. Lynx lynx); the bay lynx of America ( Felis rufa), and its western spotted variety (var. maculata); and the pardine lynx ( Felis pardina) of Southern Europe.

  2. (Astron.) One of the northern constellations.