448 FELIS. 



OCELOT. Manigordo in Costa Rica. 



Type locality. Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern Texas to Mexico, and southward to 

 Buenos Ayres east of the Andes. Boquete, Chiriqui, Central America. 

 (Bangs.) 



Genl. Char. Size less than that of the lynx ; tail less than half the 

 length of head and body; color markings very irregular, and body 

 color very variable. 



Color. Upper parts rufous, marked with black lines and spots, 

 some of the latter with rufous centers; flanks and loins yellowish 

 white, striped with rufous margined with black; legs spotted with 

 black on light buff; feet buffy white; cheeks crossed by two black 

 lines; chin, throat, breast, and belly white, the last two spotted with 

 black; tail dark buff, banded and spotted with black, tip blackish. 

 (Typical style.) 



Measurements. Total length about 970; tail vertebrae, 347; 

 Skull of F. limitis, type, Hensel, 114; zygomatic breadth, 93; width 

 of bullae, 17; length of upper tooth row, 40; crown of carnassial, 

 15.8x7-8. 



fa. mearnsi Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1904, p. 71. 



costaricensis . Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1902, p. 245. 



(nee Merr.) 

 COSTA RICA OCELOT. 



Type locality. Talamanca, Costa Rica. 



Genl. Char. Size large; ground color tawny; pattern of coloring 

 like that of F. pardalis. 



Color. Ground color of upper parts russet or tawny; five black 

 stripes on neck above; a median dorsal black stripe, with a row of 

 black spots on each side; tail with numerous black cross bars both 

 above and beneath; a black stripe beneath head and one on chest; 

 under parts cream buff with the usual black spots; ears black, with 

 the gray patch as seen in all of these cats. 



Measurements. Total length, 1050; tail, 280; hind foot, 162. 

 (skin.) Skull: Hensel, 134; zygomatic breadth, 108; Male. 

 Female: Hensel, 112; zygomatic breadth, 92. 



456. *carrikeri (Felis} Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1904, p. 47. 



fThis would seem to be an individual of the F. pardalis form with colors 

 slightly deepened, a hue often seen in specimens of this species irrespective of 

 locality. 



*Evidently a melanistic individual, probably of F. pardalis. The total 

 length equals that species, but the skull and tail have smaller measurements. 

 This may be merely an individual peculiarity. 



