10 FELIDJ3. 



Leo g-ambianus, Gray. 



Leo goorgrattensis, Gmel. 8)-c. 



Leo nobilis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 2G3. 



Blainv. Osteogr. Felis, t. 5 & 9. 



Hob. Asia ; Africa. 



Skull, length 14| inches, width 9| inches. 



3. TIGRIS. 



Cheeks with spreading whiskers. Tail elongate, tapering at the 

 end. Pupils round. Skull — nose on same plane as the forehead ; 

 orbits of the skull modei'ate, incomplete behind. Nasals very large, 

 reaching beyond the back edge of the maxillaj. Internal nostrils 

 broad. Palate truncated behind. 



Tigiis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. 



Tigris regalis?^., B.M. 



Felis tigi'is, Lhm. 



Tigris regalis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. 



Blainv. Odeuyr. Fulis, t. 7. 



Hob. Asia. 



Skull, length 14 inches, width lOg inches. 



4. LEOPAEDUS. 



Hair of head and neck uniform. Tail elongate (rarely sliorter 

 than the body). Pupils round. Orbits of the skull moderate, in- 

 complete behind. Nose on same plane as the forehead. The upper 

 process of the intermaxilla very narrow, and much produced up the 

 side of the maxilla, often one-third the length of the nasal. 



Leopardus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 2G3. 



t Large rose-spotted Leopards. 



1. Leopardus pardus. B.M. 



Felis leopardus, F. varia, et F. imcia, Schreb. 



Felis pardus, Liiin. 



Felis panthera, UrxJ. 



Felis chalybeata, Herni. 



Felis minor, Ehr. 



Felis antiquorum, Fischer. 



Felis poecilura, Valenc. 



Felis palieopardus, Fitz. 



Leopardus pardus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. 



Blmnv. Ostcoyr. Felis, t. 8; Tenun. Monoyr. t. 9. f. 1, 2. 



Var. Black. 



F. melas, Peron ; F. ftisca, Meyer. 

 Hah. Southern Asia; North, South, and West Africa. 

 Pupil round. — Barthtt ; Gray. 



