Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals 191 
limbs, and underparts are solid. Several dark lines run length- 
wise along the crown of the head. 
The size is about as in the Domestic Cat. The length of the 
head and body varies from 18 to 20 inches, tail 19 to 21% 
inches, hind foot 4% to 5 inches. 
This nocturnal forest Cat was first found in Java. It extends 
north through the Malay Peninsula to Burma, Assam, and 
Annam ; a race in the eastern Himalayas is named F. m. charl- 
toni. 
The subgenus Neofelis contains only the Clouded Leopard. 
The Clouded Leopard, Felis nebulosa, is the largest of those 
Asiatic Cats that have the chain of hyoid bones in the throat 
unmodified ; it is only a little smaller than the True Leopards. The 
tail is long, the legs rather short and stout, the feet heavy. The 
pattern on the sides consists of some six large narrow brown 
blotches, arranged parallel to the ribs, edged posteriorly with 
black, and separated from one another by pale areas. There is a 
chain of large open-centered spots along the back. The under- 
parts are white, with few spots. The head, limbs, and tail have 
solid marks. 
The length of the head and body in males reaches 42 inches 
(females much smaller), of the tail 36 inches. Originally from 
Kwangtung Province, this animal occurs in Fukien, Kwangsi, 
Tonkin, and on Formosa and Hainan Islands. A race, F. n. 
macroscelides, has a much more extensive range — Assam, 
Burma, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 
The Lynxes, genus Lynx, are Cats notable for their very 
short tails and tall tufted ears. There are but two upper pre- 
molars. The powerful hind quarters are higher than the fore 
quarters, as is true also of the American Mountain Lion. The 
hairs of the feet are long and dense. In males there is a distinct 
ruff of hairs at the throat. Lynxes are close relatives of the 
Caracals of Africa and India. 
