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1. F. Leoy including three varieties ; the Lions of Barbary, of 

 Senegal, and of Persia. 



2. F. Tigris, 



3. F,jubata^ the Hunting Leopard of Pennant, and Guepard 

 of F. Cuvier; an extremely interesting species on account of its 

 domestication in Hindoostan, where it is employed in the chace. 

 To the Zoologist it is highly valuable, as deviating from the type 

 of the genus Fells, by the non-retractility of its claws, and thus 

 becoming in some measure osculant between the Feles and the 

 Dogs. 



4. F, Leopardus, the Leopard. When adult smaller than the 

 Lioness : tail as long as the body only, its extremity when re- 

 flected reaching to the shoulders : colour of the fur light yellowish 

 fulvous ; that of the internal parts, and of the rose-like spots, 

 deeper, or of a more lively yellow than the ground of the fur ; 

 the numerous spots moderately distant from each other, the rose- 

 like ones from 16 to 18 lines at the utmost in diameter : caudal 

 vertebrae 22. 



5. F. Pardus, the Panther. When adult less than the Leo- 

 pard : tail as long as the body and the head, its extremity when 

 reflected reaching to the tip of the nose : colour of the fur deep 

 yellowish fulvous, its internal part being marked with rose-like 

 spots of the same colour as the ground of the fur ; the numerous 

 spots closely approached to each other ; the rose-like ones from 

 12 to 14 lines at the utmost in diameter : caudal vertebrae 28. 



Of these species, the synonymy of which has been beyond 

 measure confused by the almost indiscriminate employment of the 

 names of Leopard, Panther, Jaguar, and Ounce, the above cha- 

 racters are given by M. Temminck. It appears that even our 

 Parisian neighbours have not sufficiently attended to the distinc- 

 tive characters laid down by Linne, there being still exhibited in 

 the galleries of the Museum under the name of Panther, a speci- 

 men of the Leopard. Of the true Panther there is no trace of a 

 specimen having ever existed in that extensive collection. Hence 

 the Panther of Cuvier, and the male Panther of Buffbn and Schre- 

 ber, are to be viewed as Leopards, together with the Ounce of 



