470 



CARNIVORA 



body, 600; tail, 300; hind foot, 124. For cranial and dental 

 measurements see Tables, pp. 466 and 469. 



Specimens examined. — Sixteen, all from Sardinia (B.M., Turin, Genoa, 

 and Lataste). 



6. Ogliastra, Sardinia. {Dr. O. Thomas (p). 0. 5. 24. 1. 



WoUcrstortf.) 



i. Sarrabus. ' Marquis G. Doria(p). 88.12.1.1. 



1. Sardinia. Purchased (Linneea, 86. 7. 10. 1. 



Berlin.) 



FELIS AGRIUS Bate. 



1906. Felis ocrcata agrius Bate, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1905, ii, p. 317, 



April 3, 1906. 

 1910. Felis ocreata agrius Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 102. 



Type locality. — Crete. 



Geographical distrihution. — Crete. 



Diagnosis.- — Similar to Felis .^arcla, but paler and more yellow- 

 in general colour, and dark markings of shoulders and back less 

 obsolete. 



Colour. — The elements of the colour are essentially as in 

 Felis sarda, but the ochraceous-bulf of underf ur is not so dark, 

 and the black tips and annulations of the longer hairs are not so 

 extensive. As a result, the general colour is a yellowish grey, 

 made up chiefly of a mixture of the ochraceous-buft' and the 

 whitish sub-terminal annulations, very slightly darkened by the 

 black. While there are no black markings on body or legs, 

 the longitudinal shoulder stripes and dorsal stripe, as well as 

 the transverse lateral stripes, are clearly indicated, when fur is 

 •smooth, by brownish shades. Tail with black tip and two or 

 three black sub-terminal rings. Outer surface of ear dull buflfy 

 clay-coloui', becoming blackish at tip. Feet buffy above, darker 

 and .somewhat clouded with blackish below. Inner .surface of 

 hind legs and middle of chest light ochraceous-bufF ; belly 

 slightly darker than in Felis sarda, the mottling obsolete. 



Skidl and teeth not known. 



Specimens examined. — Two skins, both from Crete. 



2. Kanea, Crete. Miss D. Bate (c). 5. 12. 2. 14-15. 



(5. 12. 2. 15. Type of species.) 



Genus LYNX Kerr. 



1792. Lynx Kerr, Anim. Kingd., Systematic catalogue inserted between 



pages 32 and 83. (Type by tautonymy Lynx vulgaris Kerr = 



Felis lynx Linna3us.) 

 1821. Lynceus Gray, London Med. Ftepos., xv, p. 302, April 1, 1821 {Felis 



lynx LinnEeus). 

 1829. Pardina Kaup, Entw.-Gesch. u. Natiirl. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, i, 



p. 53 {Felis pardina Temmiuck = Lynx par dellus Miller). 



