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THE MARBLED CAT. 



presents its black surface to the eye. But if it is excited, and sets up its fur after the 

 manner of an angry cat, the white markings of the hair immediately become visible. It is said 

 to be a very savage animal when wild. 



TAQOUAKONDI. Leopardus yagmiaroiiM. 



The Yagouarondi, like the puma, of one uniform color, forms with the latter a group 

 quite unique, nearly all other cats having very distinctive markings. It is found as far north 

 as Matamoras. Its size is that of a domestic cat, but the length of body and tail reminds one 

 of the civet forms. 



It is a native of Guiana, and several specimens have been brought to this country. 



MARBLED CA.T.Leopirdus marmoratui. 



THE MARBLED CAT partakes more of the proverbial pardine spotted character than either 

 of the two preceding animals, and although not so finely marked as the beautiful Ocelots, or 

 Tiger Cats, possesses a fur prettily diversified with dark spots upon a light ground. The ground 

 of the fur is generally of a grayish tawny, on which are scattered many spots, not so sharply 

 denned as those of the leopard, or the Tiger Cats. It is an inhabitant of Malacca. 



