232 MAMMALIA. 



Felis caffra. 



Felis caffra, Desmarest Mamm. SuppL, p. 540 (1822) ; Blytk Cat., no, 185, 



p. 63 ; Elliot Monog. Felidae, no. 30. 

 Felis obscura, Destnarest Mamvi,, p. 230 (1820). 

 Felis nigripes, BurcheWs Travels., ii, p. 592 (1824). 

 Felis maniculata, Cretzschviar Ruppell's Ailas, i, pi. i (1826). 

 Felis pulchella, Gray Charlesw. Mag. N. H., i, p. 577 (1837). 

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

 Leopardus inconspicuus, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 44 (1843). 

 Felis caligata, Is. Geoff. St. Hil. Jacquemont Voyage, p. 49, pi, iii, fig. 2 (1844). 

 Felis lybica, Is. Geoff. St. Hil. Jacquemont Voyage, p. 56 (1844). 

 Felis margarita, Loche Rev. Mag. Zool., (2), x, p. 49 (1858). 

 Felis inconspicua, Gray P. Z. S., p. 273 (1867); id, Cat. Cam. Mavim., 



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Distribution — Africa from Algeria to the Cape. 



a. Stuffed Cape Colony E. L. Layard, A.S.B. 



b. Skull ... A.S.B. 



Felis catus. 



Felis catus, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 62 (1776) ; BlasiusSaugeth. 

 Deutsch., p. 162; Blanford Persia, p. 35; Danford and Alston, P. Z. S., 

 1877, p. 272 and 1880, p 52 ; Elliot Monog. Felidae no. 29. 



Felis sylvestris, Schreber Saugeth., iii, p. 397 (1778); Blyth Cat., no. 182, 

 p. 62. 



Distribution — Europe generally, extending eastwards into Persia 

 (Blanford) and Asia Minor (Alston). 



fl. Stuffed, skull Scotland Sir W.Jardine, 1843, A.S.B, 



Felis pardina. 



Felis pardina, Temminck Monogr. Mamm., i, p. 116 (1827) ; Elliot Monog. 



Felidae no. 37. 

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



Mamm., p. 38 (1869). 



Distribution — Portugal, Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, Turkey and Asia 

 Minor. 



a. Stuffed Sardinia British Museum [Ex.] 



Felis canadensis. 



Felis canadensis, Desmarest N. Diet, d' Hist. Nat,, vi, p. 108 (1816) ; ElHoi 



Monog. Felidae no. 36. 

 l-ynx canadensis, Rafinesque Amer. Month. Mag., ii, p. 46 (1817)*. 

 Felis borealis, Temminck Monogr. Mamm., i, p. 109 (1827). 

 Lyncus canadensis, Gray List Mamm., B. M., p. 46 {1843) ; \d. Cat, Cam. 



Mamm., p. 37. 

 LjDCun borealia, Dtkey New York Zocl, p 5 (184a). 



