230 MAMMALIA. 



Felis caracal. 



Felis caracal, Guldenstadt Nov. Connn. Acad. Petrop., xx, p. 500, (1766); 

 Blyth Cat. no. 187, p. 64; id. P.Z.S., 1863, p. 186 ; Tristram P. Z. S., 

 1866, p. 92; Jerdon Mamni., p. 113; McMaster Notes on Jerdon, 

 p. 31 ; Stoliczka J. A. S. B., xli, p. 227 ; Blanford Persia, p. 37 ; 

 Atkinson N. W. P. Gazett., xi, p. 18; Alston P. Z. S., 1877, p. 273; 

 Elliot Monog. Felidae no. 40 ; Murray Zool. Sind, p. 30 ; Stcrndale 

 Mamm. Ind. p. 198; Blanford Mammals^ p. 88; Radde Zool. J. B., 

 iv, p. 1016. 



Lynx caracal, Fischer Zoognosie, p. 200 (1814)*. 



Caracal melanotis, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 46 (1843) ; id. Cat. Cam. 

 Mamm., p. 38. 



Siahgosh, Persian and Hind. 



Distribution. — Africa generally, Palestine (Tristram), Arabia, 

 Smyrna and Taurus (Danford) ; Mesopotamia, Persia (Blanford), 

 and Transcaspia. In India proper is generally distributed but 

 found more abundantly in the west, /. e., Sind (Murray), Cutch 

 (Stoliczka), Dehra Dun.? (Atkinson), and Nepal terai (Hodgson). 



The anterior 'ipper premolar present in the skull of specimen 

 " a" is a rather uncommon variation. 



Felis concolor. 



Felis concolor, LinncBus Mantissa, p. 522 (1771)*; Elliot Monog, Felidae 



no. 2. 

 Felis puma, Molina Sagg. Star. Nat. Chili, p. 245 (1817)*. 

 Felis couguar, Lesson Man. Mamm., 190 (1827). 

 Felis unicolor, Lesson Man. Mamm., p. igo (1827). 

 Leopardus concolor, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 41 (1843). 



The Puma, 



Distribution. — North and South America from 45° N. lat, to 

 the Straits of Magellan. 



a. Skin, skull ? W. Rutledge, 1883. 



b. Skin Souili Arucrica W. Jamrach [P.] 



c. Skin, skull Mexico British Mus. [Ex.] 



d. Skull E. Blyth, 1865. 



