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c^. Of 'moderate size ; colour varies from bright red to dark 

 brown ; tail short, not brushed ; cheeks and forehead hori- 

 zontally streaked with white and brown ; faint traces of 

 spots sometimes present on the flanks and abdomen. 



F. temmincki, p. 222. 



c^. Of small size ; resembles the last, but is half the size ; skull 

 of different shape, having narrow nasals, forming a ridge 

 as in F. viverrina; anterior upper premolar large and two- 

 rooted. F. planiceps, p, 222. 



b'^ Cats of large size with vertical stripes, 



F. tigris, p. 216. 



b^. Cats with clouded fur, i.e., with large spots or blotches ex- 

 ceeding two inches in diameter. 



d. With very large canines, half the length of palate ; ground 

 colour pale yellow to gray, clouded with black not 

 spotted ; tail very long and thick ; of large size measur- 

 ing 2 feet 2 inches to 3 feet 10 inches; skull long and 

 narrow. F. nebulosa, p. 220. 



d^. With canines not half the length of palate ; of small size ; 

 skull short and rounded ; nasal area very broad and 

 fiat ; orbit generally complete behind ; anterior upper 

 premolar generally absent ; external characters as in 

 the last, with the same long, bushy tail ; colour fulvous 

 to gray, mottled with black. 



F. marmorata, p. 221. 

 <5*. Cats with distinct spots. 



e. Of large size, up to 8 feet, with broad nasal bones. 



/. Ground colour yellow, covered with distinct black 

 spots or rosettes. F. pardus, p. 218. 



f^. Ground colour white ; fur thick and bushy ; spots 

 not well defined except on the head ; skull with a 

 more swollen palate, flatter bulla, smaller paroc- 

 cipital process and shorter, more lion-like nasals 

 than the leopard. F. uncia, p. 217. 



e^. Of moderate or small size, less than 5 feet in length ; 

 the nasals form a more or less sharp ridge, and 

 the part of the cheek formed by the maxillae is con- 

 cave. 



g. Large ; grizzled gray with spots formed by longitu- 

 dinal lines broken up; hind-quarters with small 

 black spots ; tail short and thick, about one-third 



