2l6 MAMMALIA. 



Felis tigris. 



^eWst'igt'is, Litinaus Sysi.Naf., 12th ed., i, p. 61 (1766) ; Raffles Linn. Trans, 

 xiii, p. 249 ; Sykes P. Z. S., 183 1, p. 102 ; Elliot Madras Journ., x, p. 104 ; 

 Cantor J. A. S. B., xv, p. 243 ; Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 43 ; Blyth 

 Cat., p. 54; id. P.Z. S., 1863, p. 182; Jerdon Mamvi., p. 92; McMaster 

 N'^fcs oil Jerdon, pp. 19, 150; Schrenck Amurland Saugeth., p. 90 ; 

 Swinhoe P. Z S.. 1870 p, 626; Stoliczka, J. A. S, B., xli, p. 226 ; Blytk 

 J. A. S. B., xliv, Burma list, p. 27 ; Blanford Persia, p. 34; Severtzoff 

 Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), xviii, p. 49; Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 160; 

 Elliot Monog. Felidce, no. 3 ; Dode P. Z. S., 1871, p. 480 ; Sterndale Mamm, 

 Ind., p. 161 ; Inverarity J. Bomb. Soc, iii, p. 143; Thomas Linn. Trans. 

 (2), V, p. 55; Radde Zool. J. B., iv, p. 1009; Anderson J. Linn. Soc, 

 xxi, p. 338 ; Blanford Mammals, p. 58. 



Tigris regalis, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p 40(1843); id. Cat. Hodgs. Coll. 

 ist ed., p. 4 ; Adams P. Z. S., 1858, p. 513; Gray Cat. Carn. Mamm., p. 10. 



The Tiger; Hind., Bagh, Pantayat bagh or Sher; Bengali, 

 Gowagh or Salawagh ; Marhatta, Wahag, Pultite wagh ; Bundel- 

 cund, Nahar; Telegu, Puli ; Canarese, Huli; Lepch., Suhtong; 

 Bhot., Tukh; Gonds, Publiah ; Sind, Sheendh; Tibet, Tagh; 

 Burmese, Kya. 



Distribiction. — From the Caucasus through Northern Persia 

 (Blanford), Turkestan and Afghanistan, India, Assam, Lower 

 and Upper Burma, Malay Peninsula (Cantor), Sumatra, Java 

 (Temminck), Borneo .'' extending through China (Swinhoe) and 

 Manchuria to Amurland (Schrenck). 



In India found nearly everywhere from the Himalayas to Cape 

 Comorin, but is not known from Ceylon. 



The largest skull in the collection is the one marked "z" from 

 the Purneah District, presented by Mr. J. Shillingford ; this skull 

 measures 15 inches from the premaxillae to the posterior end of 

 the supraoccipital ; across the zygomata io"3 inches; and in 

 height with the lower jaw 7-5 inches; the largest skin is "a" 

 from Barrackpore Park which, from the tip of the nose to the end of 

 the tail, measures 10 feet i inch or, without the tail, 7 feet ; these 

 of course are measurements from the dried skin and are probably 

 therefore considerably larger than measurements taken from the 

 animal in the flesh would have been. 



The size of tigers has been a source of much discussion, some 

 authors, i.e. Mr. G. P. Sanderson and Dr. Jerdon believe that the 

 tiger fairly measured never exceeds 10 feet and perhaps a few 

 inches ; others maintain that 1 1 and 12 feet tigers are by no means 

 uncommon. Sir J. Fayrer (Nature, xviii, p. 219) gives a good 

 many well-authenticated cases of tigers well over 10 feet, among 

 them is included the tiger, the measurement of whose skull is 

 given above ; this, the Purneah large tiger measured 10 feet 8 inches 

 according to Sir J. Fayrer; Sterndale discusses the question at 

 some length in his book on the Indian Mammalia, he has worked 



