Order vii. Camivora, Carnivores. 



Family I. Felidse. ats. 



Genus 112. Felis. 



Felis Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 41; I, 1766, p. 60. Type Felis 



catus Linnaeus. 

 Linx (sic) Frisch., Das Natur-syst. vierfiiss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 



12, Tab. Gen., 1775. 



Lynx Kerr, Anim. Kingd. Syst. Catal., pp. 32-33, 1792, desc. p. 155. 

 Lynceus Gray, Lond. Med. Repos., xv, 1821, 302. 

 Puma Jard., Nat. Libr., Mamm., n, 1834, p. 266. 

 Lynchus Jard., Nat. Libr., Mamm., n, 1834, pp. 274, 275. 

 Leopardus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., x, 1842, 260. (nee 1867). 

 Herpailurus Severtz.. Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Ser., x, 1858, p. 385. 

 Jaguarins Severtz., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Ser., x, 1858, pp. 386, 



390. 

 Lynchailurus Severtz., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Ser., x, 1858, pp. 386, 



390. 



Noctifelis Severtz., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Ser., x, 1858, pp. 386, 390. 

 Oncifelis Severtz., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Ser., x, 1858, pp. 386, 390. 

 Leopardus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1867, p. 263. 

 Mar gay Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1867, p. 271. 

 Pardalis Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1867, p. 272. 

 Cervaria Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1867, p. 276. 



Subgenus A. Leopardus. Jaguars, Ocelots, etc. 



AW/* <m i-ii centr/ilis (Mearns). 



Felis centralis Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 1901, p. 139. 

 Felis onca centralis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 446, pis. XLII and XLIII. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 COSTA RICA JAGUAR. 



Type locality. Talamanca, Costa Rica. 



Geogr. Distr. Costa Rica, north to Honduras, Central America. 



Felis oni'ii hernandezi (Gray). 



Leopardus hernandezii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1857, p. 278. 

 Felis onca Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, 

 p. 294. Zool. Ser. (Part.) 



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