]0. FELIS. 19 



'** Skull ovate ; face short ; brain-case moderate. 



10. FELIS. 



Tail cylindrical, elongate, sometimes shorter than the body. Ears 

 oblong, rounded at the tip, without anj' pencil of haii's. Pupil erect, 

 linear. Skull moderate ; face short, conical ; nose moderate, narrow 

 above behind, concave in front of the orbits ; brain-case oblong, 

 broad ; front upper false grinders distinct, small ; orbits large, or 

 very large, incomplete. 



Felis, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 270. 



t Moderate-sized large-headed Cats, tvith lines of spots on the side.i. 

 Pardalis, or Ocelots. 



Face of skull elongate. 



Pupil round, oblong, erect in sunlight. — BartJett. 



1. Felis pardalis. B.M. 



Fells pardalis, Linn. ; Baird, Mam. N. A. p. 87, t. 72 (skull) : Gnn/, 



P. Z. S. 1867, p. 270. 

 ? Felis armilliita, F. Ciirier. 

 P Felis Griflithsii, JI. Smith. 



Huh. America, tropical or subtropical. 

 Skull, adult, length 5|, width ^ inches. 



2. Felis grlsea. B.M. 



Leopai'dus griseus. Gray, Ann. c*j- Mag. N. II. x. p. 200, 1842. 

 Felis grisea, Graij, P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 270, 403. 



IIr(b. Guatemala. 



Skull, adult, length 5^, width 3g inches. Nose rather concave 

 on the sides before orbits. 



3. Felis melanura. B.M. 



Felis melanura, Ball, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 128 ; Grau, P. Z. S. 18G7, pp. 

 270, 40.3. 



Hah. America. 



Skull, adult, length 5|, width 3| inches. 



The skulls of these three species are very similar, only differing 

 a little in size ; perhaps they are only local varieties of the same 

 species. 



4. Felis picta. B.M. 



Leopardus pictus, Gray, Ann. iy Maq. JN'. //. x. p. 260, 1842. 

 Felis picta, Graxj, P. Z. S. 1867, pp.' 271, 40.3. 



Hah. Central America. 



Skull, length o4, width ?>h inches. 



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