Order VII. Camivora. Carnivores. 



Family I. Felidse. €ati». 



Genus 112. Felis. 



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



cattis 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, 182 1, 302. 

 Puma Jard., Nat. Libr., Mamm., 11, 1834, p. 266. 

 Lynchus Jard., Nat. Libr., Mamm., 11, 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. 

 Jaguarius Severtz., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me S^r., x, 1858, pp. 386, 



390- 

 Lynchailurus Severtz., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me S^r., x, 1858, pp. 386, 



390- 

 Noctifelis Severtz., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me S^r., x, 1858, pp. 386, 390. 

 Oncifelis Severtz., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me S^r., x, 1858, pp. 386, 390. 

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

 Margay 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. 



Felis onna centrnlis (Mearns). 



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

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

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 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. 



Fells onca hernandezi (Gray). 



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

 Felis onca ElHot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

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



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