4. LEOPAKDTJS. 



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Very variable in the size and number of the sjiots. Skull — nasal 

 elongate, back edge in a line with back edge of maxiUa ; internal 

 nostiil rather narrow. Length 9| inches, width 5| inches. 



2. Leopardus japonensis. B.M. 



Leopardus japoueusis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1802, p. 262, t. 33 ; 1867, p. 264. 

 Uab. Japan. 



3. Leopardus cliinensis. B.M. 



Leopardus chiiiensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 264. fig. 2 (skidl). 



Bab. Pekin, mountain-forests of the west. 



Skull (in British Museum) very like that of a leopard, but shorter ; 

 and tlie nose, instead of being nearly flat, is regularly arched before 

 the orbits. Length CJ inches, width 4§ inches. Nasal wide, flat ; 

 apex produced rather behind the back edge of the maxilla. Pro- 

 cess of the intermaxilla very^slender, short ; forehead broad, convex. 



Fiff. 2. 



Leopardus chincnsis. 



There are two or three skulls of Leopards in the Museum, re- 

 ceived from the Utrecht collection, without habitats, that i-ather 

 resemble the Pekin specimen, which was presented to us by Dr. 

 Lockhart. They may be the skuUs of L. hrachijurus. 



4. Leopardus ouca. 

 Felis onca, Linn. 



Felis panthera, Schreh. ; Cui-ier, Oss. Fos'^. t. 34. f. 3, 4. 

 .Jaguar, Buffon. 

 Leopardus onca. Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, pp, 264. 402. 



B.M. 



