THE LEOPARD. 7 I 



session of the establishment, to the headquarters in Calcutta. 

 The message ran as follows : "Tiger on platform; am safe on 

 roof; have put signal-man in charge; please arrange." 



III. THE LEOPARD, OR PANTHER. FELIS PARDUS. 



Felis pardus, Linn., Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 61 (1766); 



Elliot, Monogr. Felidae, pis. vi., vii. (1878-83); Blanford, 



Mamra. Brit. India, p. 67 (1888). 

 Felis leopardus, Erxleben, Syst. Regn. Animal, p. 509 (1777). 

 Felis panthera, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. vol. i. p. 18 (181 1). 

 Felis melaSj Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 233 (1820). 

 Leopardus vcuius, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 40 (1843). 

 Felis ful liana, Valenciennes, Comptes Rendus, vol. xliii. p. 



1039 (1856). 

 Leopardus japanensis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 262 ; id., 



Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 11 (1869). 

 Felis fonta?iieri, Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. ser. 5, 



vol. viii. p. 375 (1867); id., Recherches Mammif. p. 208 



(1868-74); Anderson, Sci. Res. Yun-nan Expedition, p. 



162 (1878); Bateson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 106. 

 Leopardus chinensis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 264; id., 



Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. n (1869). 

 Leopardus pardus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 263; id., 



Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 10 (1869). 



{Plate V.) 

 Characters. — Size large, but very variable, the total length 

 ranging from 5 to 8 feet; ground-colour of fur normally yellow, 

 upon which are numerous distinct black spots or rosettes; 

 pupil of eye circular ; length of tail varying from rather more 

 than half to nearly three-fourths that of the head and body. 

 General ground-colour of upper-parts varying from rufous to 

 yellowish-white, or pale brownish-yellow ; spots or rosettes on 

 upper-parts and superior surface of tail black externally, and 



