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As we shall have no more to say with regard to the Hunting- 

 Leopard, we may dismiss this part of our subject with the 

 following table, showing the various usages of the above-men- 

 tioned names : — 



Hindustani. Ancient. Modern. Scientific. 



/-Leopard ... I hinting- Leopard ... Cyncclunts jubatus 



Chita ... jPard ... Leopard \ Felis pardus. 



^ Panther ... Panther ) 



This, however, by no means exhausts the subject of the 

 confusion of nomenclature, for there is an equal discrepancy 

 in the use of the terms Leopard and Panther. - As we have 

 already mentioned, there is but one type of these animals in 

 Africa to which it would appear that the name of Panther is 

 probably strictly applicable. In India, on the other hand, two 

 forms are generally recognised. Thus there is, firstly, a large 

 kind, characterised by the tail being shorter than the head 

 and body, by the long head, and by the spots being large 

 and clearly defined, on a pale ground-colour. Secondly, 

 we have a smaller animal, in which the tail is as long as 

 the head and body, the head is short, and the spots are 

 less distinctly defined, of smaller size, and placed closer 

 together. 



Now, the latter smaller form was identified by Temminck 

 with the African animal, and accordingly termed the Panther 

 (F pardus), while the larger kind was called the Leopard (F 

 leopardus). This usage is followed by Mr. Sterndale in his 

 work on Indian Mammals, and appears undoubtedly to be 

 the right one if we regard the smaller Indian form as indistin- 

 guishable from the African animal. On the other hand, we 

 find Jerdon, following the lead of Indian sportsmen, applying 

 the term Panther to the larger form, and Leopard to the 

 smaller one, this usage being adopted by Mr. Saunderson and 

 most other sporting writers. We thus have two diagrammati- 



