102 FAUNA AMERICANA 



Felis catus, Linn, and others. 



Domestic species not indigenous ; a variety of 

 the " Chat satwoge,''^ Wild cat, Buff. hist, nat, 

 torn. 6, the essential characters of which are, base 

 of the fur of a more or less obscure gray ; marked 

 with blackish longitudinal bands on the back, and 

 transverse ones on the flanks ; lips and soles of 

 the feet black ; tail surrounded with rings, the end 

 black. 



Inhabits all the great forests of Asi?i, but are 

 rare. 



Tribe. 



CARNIVOROUS AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS. 



{Carnivora pimiipedia.) 



Feet short, enveloped in the skin in form of 

 fins ; the posterior in the direction of the body ; 

 number of incisors variable, often six, and some- 

 times four above ; most commonly four, sometimes 

 two below. 



Genus. 



Phoca, Linn. Erxleb. Bodd. Cuv. Geoff. Illig. 

 Otaria, Peron. 



1. Those in which the teeth are furnished with 

 several roots. 



CBABACTERS. 



{( Incisor 6. 

 superior 18. < Canine 2. 

 inferior 16. < Canine 2. 

 C Molar 10. 



