12 THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 



LEOPARD. 



FeLIS PAEDl S. 



Felis pardns, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 41, 1758; ed. 12, vol. i. 

 p. 61, 1766. 



The Leo))ard is still found in South Africa, in the country 

 south of the Orange River, hut is graduallj^ heing exterminated. 

 In Southern Rhodesia the species is by no means rare. 



2.9 — 19. 7. 15. 33 (female). Skin, mounted. July, 1895. Near the 

 Sebakwi River, Eastern Matabililand, Southern Rhodesia. 



EAST AFRICAN SERVAL. 



Felis capensis hindei. 



Felis capensis hindei, Wroughton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. v. 

 p. 205, 1910. 



Closely allied to the typical race ; dark markings broad, the 

 median dorsal lines usually broken into quite short lengths. 

 Oeneral colour of body rich buff, much as in the South African 

 form. 



Typical locality, Macliakos, Ulu District, Kenya Colony. This 

 Serval appears to be widely distributed throughout East Africa, 

 specimens having been recorded from as far north as Lado, and 

 southwards through Kenya Colony into Tanganyika Territor3^ 



30 — 19.7.15.34 (sex not recorded). Skin, mounted. Sunguri 



Rongai River, Kenya Province, Kenya Colony. 



SOUTH AFRICAN CHEETAH. 



ACINONYX JUBATUS JUBATUS. 



Felis jubata, Erxleben, Syst. Reg. Anim. p. 510, 1777. 

 Acinonyx jubatus, Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Mus. (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. 

 No. 115, vol. viii.) p. 396, 1907. 



The South African Cheetah is rather smaller than the East 

 African races, with the general ground-colour rather darker and 

 spots smaller ; in appearance it more nearly resembles the Indian 

 Cheetah, Acinonyx venaticus. 



In South Africa the Cheetah is still plentiful in Southern 

 Rhodesia and parts of the Kalahari. 



31 —19.7.15.37. September, 1885. Umfuli River, Mashonaland, 



Southern Rhodesia. 



