214 MAMMALIA. 



the length of the head and body ; skull with nasal 

 region very much attenuated; orbits generally 

 complete. F. viverrina, p. 225. 



g^. Moderate size ; markings very variable, ground 

 colour yellowish gray or bright yellow to white 

 on abdomen, with irregular dark brown blotches; 

 tail spotted and long, about \ the length of 

 head and body ; skull shorter and rounder and 

 with only slightly attenuated nasals ; three upper 

 premolars present; orbits incomplete behind. 

 F. bengalensis, p. 223. 



g^. Small; colour grizzled gray with reddish-brown 

 spots ; tail unspotted ; skull short and rounded 

 as in F. bengalensis, but with the nasals con- 

 siderably more attenuated ; orbit complete be- 

 hind ; only two upper premolars. 



F. rubiginosa, p. 225. 



a^. Lynxine group with pencilled ear-conch ; generally only two 

 upper premolars ; a short tail ; orbits incomplete behind. 



h. Tail extremely short, one-quarter of length of head and body 

 and black tipped, not reaching the hocks ; ears strongly 

 pencilled ; skull with posterior nares very wide ; no trace of 

 the anterior premolar ; inner lobe of upper sectorial tooth 

 small. F. lynx, p. 229. 



h^. Tail reaching the hocks. ' 



j. Unspotted ; red with black ears, strongly pencilled ; skull 

 with small lobe to upper sectorial ; nasal area flat ; ante- 

 rior premolar absent. F. caracal, p. 230. 



y ^. Unspotted ; ears yellow, black-pencilled, colour tawny; 

 legs with indications of transverse bars ; skull with inner 

 lobe of sectorial well developed ; anterior premolar pre- 

 sent or absent. F. chaus, p. 227. 



j^. Spotted; pale yellow with regular small black spots ; tail 

 ridged with black posteriorly ; ears with small brown pen- 

 cil J skull resembles F. chaus. F. ornata, p- 226. 



Felis leo. 



Felis leo, Linnceus Syst. Nat., I2th ed. i, p. 60 (1766) ; Blyth Cat., p. 53 ; 

 id. P. Z. S., 1863, p. 182 ; yerdon Mamm., p. 91 ; Blanford J. A. S. B., 

 xxxvi, p. 189 ; G. King P. A. S. B., 1868, p. 198 ; Stoliczka J. A. S. B., xli, 

 p. 226; Blanford Persia, p. 29; Ball P. A.S.B., j88i, p. 3; Elliot Monog, 

 FelidcB no. i ; Sterndale Mamm. Ind., p. 159 ; Blanford Mammals, p. 56. 



Felis leo goojratensis, Smee Trans. Zool. Soc, i, p. 165, pi. xxiv (1833). 



Leo barbarus, Gray List Matnm, B. M., p. 39 (1843). 



Leo nobilis, Gray P. Z, S., p. 263 (1867) ; id., Cat, Cam, Mamm., p. 9. 



