FELIS. 



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Felis bengalensis. 



Felis bengalensis, Kerr Linn. Anim. Kingd., p. 151 (1792)* ; Raffles Linn. 

 Trans., xiii, p. 249; Horsfield Cat. E. /. Mus., p. 49 ; Adams P. Z. s' 

 1858, p. 514; Blyth Cat. no. 178, p. 60; id. P. Z. 's., 1863, p'. 1*84 • 

 Jerdon Manim., p. 105; McMaster Notes on Jerdon, p. 29; Anderson 

 Anat. Zool. Res., p. 164 ; Elliot Monog. Felidae no. 20 ; Sterndale Mamm. 

 Ind., p. 189; Blanford P. Z. S., 1887, p. 627; id. Mammals, p. 78. 



Felis javanensis, Desmarest N. Diet, d' Hist. Nat., vi, p. 115 (1816); Hors- 

 field Zool. Res. with plate ; id. Cat, E. I. Mus., p. 48 ; Elliot Monog. 

 Felidae no. 27. 



Felis sumatrana, Horsfield Zool. Res. with plate (1824)- id. Cat. E. I. 

 Mus., p. 48. 



Felis minuta, Temminck Monogr. Mamm., i, p. 130 (1827) ; Miiller Over 

 de Zoogdieren in Tern. Verhandl., p. 29; Giinther P. Z. S., 1879, p. 75 • 

 Jentink Notes Leyd. Mus., v, p. 177. ' • > 



Felis nipalensis, Vigors and Horsfield Zool. Joum., iv, p. 382 (1829). 



Felis chinensis, Gray Charlesw. Mag. N. H., i, p. 577 (1837); Swinkoe 

 P. Z. S., 1870, p. 629; Milne Edwards Reck. Mamm., p].' xxx'ih, p. 

 216. 



Felis sp., "Wagatiof Mahrattas ; " Elliot Madras Journ., x d 108 

 (1839). 



Leopardus ellioti, Gray Ann. Mag. N. H., x, p. 260 (1842) ; id. Cat. Hodgs. 

 Coll., 1st ed., p. 6. 



Leopardus horsfieldii, Gray Ann. Mag. N. H., x, p. 260 (1842). 



Chaus servalinus, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 45 (1843). 



Leopardus javanensis, id. ibid, p. 43 (1843). 



Leopardus sumatranus, id. ibid, p. 43 (1843). 



Leopardus chinensis, id. ibid, p. 43 (1843). 



Leopardus reevesi, id. ibid, p. 44 (1843). 



Felis pardochrous, Hodgson Calc. Joum. N. H., iv, p. 286 (1844) ; Horsfield 

 Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 47. 



Felis jerdoni, Blyth P. Z. S., p. 185 (i8o'3) ; Jerdon Mamm, p. 107. 



Felis servalina. Gray P. Z. S., p. 401 (1867). 



Felis tenasserimensis, id. ibid, p. 400 (1867). 



Felis wagati, id. ibid, p. 400 (1867). 



Viverriceps ellioti, id. ibid, p. 269 (1867). 



Felis herschellii. Gray Cat. Cam. Matmn., p. 28 (1869). 



Felis undata, apud Blyth J. A. S. B,, xliv, Burma List, p. 27 (l873)- 

 Radde Ost Siberien, p. 106 ; Spearman Burma Gazett., p. 551. 



Leopard Cat ; Chita billa, Hindi ; Bun beral, Bengali ; Wagati, 

 Shan-rahu-manjur, Mahrattas ; Theet-kyoung, Arakan ; Khye- 

 thit, Burmese. 



Distribution. — India from the Himalayas to the extreme south 

 (not including Ceylon), Assam, Upper and Lower Burma, Malay 

 Peninsula, Java, Sumatra and Borneo (Miiller), Philippines (Giin- 

 ther), South China and Formosa (Swinhoe), North China (Milne 

 Edw.) and Amurland (Radde). 



This species, as is evident from the number of synonyms which 

 have been applied to it, is a very variable one ; the three chief 

 forms beside the typical F. bengalensis are Felis pardochroa of 

 Hodgson, F. javanensis of Desmarest and F. sumatrana of Hors- 



