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Remarl'>^.—T\ns is the largest North American Ocelot. Quite singu- 

 larly, the smallest of the Jaguars {Fells centraHs) occurs in the same 

 region^. Alston observes:' "'In Costa Rica, where it is called Mani- 

 g-orda (literally, fat paivs), Dr. v. Frantzius says that, in spite of its 

 smaller size, it is as much dreaded as the Jaguar." 



FELIS CHIBIGOUAZOU Griffith. 

 BRAZILIAN OCELOT. 



1827. Felis ocelot. Smith, Griffitli's Animal Kingdom, II, p. 475. (Part; as to 

 Ocelot No. L) 



1827. Felis chibigouazou Griffith, Animal Kingdom, V, p. 167, No. 431. 



1828. Felis hrasiliensisi Fr. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., July, 1828, pi. lyiii (not 

 Felis brasiliensis Schinz, 1821). 



1832. Felis armillahis Fr. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Manini., II, January, 1832, pi. cxxxii. 



Type locality. — South America. 



Geographic distrihution. — Brazil and northeastern South America. 



General characters. — Size medium. Coloration pale; ground-color 

 fulvous anteriorly, grayish posteriorly. The skull most resembles 

 that of Fells par dcills Linn^us. 



6^>/w.— Pattern as in the preceding species, but with the black 

 markings everywhere restricted. Ground-color tawny anteriorly, fad- 

 ing to grayish posteriorly, or light clay color in the black-bordered 

 spots, which are usually open anteriorly. The ground-color within 

 the black-bordered chains of spots is decidedly darker than that between 

 them; and a similar contrast is aflorded by the coloration of the ante- 

 rior and posterior portions of the upper parts of the animal. The 

 tail is very irregularly spotted with black above, with only about 

 three distinct subterminal rings.. 



Skidland teeth. — The skull and braincase are narrow, the teeth large, 

 and the audital bulla? elongate. (See table of cranial measurements.) 



Measurements.— KA\\\t male (skin): Length, 1,150 mm.; tail verte- 

 bra', 31:0; length of hind foot, 160; ear above crown, 50. Skull 

 (adult male): Basilar length, 125; zygomatic breadth, 100. Largest 

 female: Basilar length, 105; zygomatic breadth, 93. 



B>'i)iarl's.—1\\ the South American Ocelots the gray patch on the 

 back of the ear is usually surrounded by black, narrowly at edge of 

 ear; Imt in North American Ocelots the gray spot usually extends to 

 the margin of the ear, in F. limit Is often cutting off the posterior 

 horn of the black crescent. 



FELIS .EQUATORIALIS, new species. 

 ECUADOR OCELOT; TIGRILLO. 

 Type.—^o. 113267, U.S.N.M. Adult femi^le, collected at Paramba, 

 northern Ecuador (altitude 3,500 feet), November 2, 1899, by G. Flem- 

 ming. (Original number, 22.) 



iBiologia Centrali- Americana, Mammalia, 1879-1882, p. 60. 



