Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals 193 
may reach 3% feet, of the tail nearly 7 inches. The weight is 
60 pounds. 
TIGERS AND LEOPARDS (SUBFAMILY PANTHERIN^E) 
In the Pantherinae — those large Cats with elastic throat liga- 
ments — Pocock recognized two genera : Panthera, for the Lions, 
Tigers, and True Leopards, and Uncia for the Snow Leopard. 
In the first, the profile of the muzzle above is nearly straight; in 
the second, it is distinctly arched upward. Lions are not found 
east of western India. 
The Tiger, Panthera tigris, with its distinctive color pattern 
of long narrow black stripes on a tawny ground, is well known. 
The underparts are white. The blackish ears are each backed by 
a large white spot. The typical form, the Indian Tiger, extends 
to Burma and down the Malay Peninsula. Small-sized races 
occur on Sumatra, Java, and Bali. In south China the local race 
is P. t. amoyensis ; in Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, and Siberia, 
P. t. longipilis (long-haired). 
Tigers sometimes are partly white ; a completely white speci- 
men has been recorded. In such cases the stripes are brown or 
reddish black. Black Tigers are reputed to have been seen. The 
length of the head and body varies from 5 feet 8 inches to 7 feet 
3 inches in males, from 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 9 inches in 
females. The tail measures 30 to 36 inches. The height at the 
shoulder (in life) is unlikely to exceed 3 feet. The weight varies 
from 350 to 650 pounds. 
Tigers are extraordinarily powerful Cats that prey upon 
almost all large Asiatic game, including, according to Pocock, 
adult cow elephants. They can leap 15 to 20 feet up a vertical 
bank ; they are good climbers and good swimmers. The gesta- 
tion period varies from 100 to 112 days. Usually 2 or 3 but as 
many as 6 cubs may be born. One born in captivity recently 
weighed 2 pounds 12 ounces. It opened its eyes in 15 or 16 days. 
