114 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



Felts diardi, Cuvier, Oss. Fossiles, 2nd ed. vol. iv. p. 437 (1823) ; 



Elliot, Monogr. Felidse, pi. viii. (1878-83). 

 Felis macrocelis, Horsfield, Zool. Journ., vol. i. p. 542 (1825). 

 Felis macroceloides, Hodgson, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist. vol. 



iv. p. 286 (1844). 

 Uncia macrocelis and U. macroceloides, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist. ser. 2, vol. xiv. p. 394 (1854). 

 Leopardus brachyurus, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 352 

 Felis brachvura, Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 183. 

 Neofelis macrocelis and JV. brachyurus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1867, p. 266 ; id., Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. pp. 13, 



14(1869). 



{Plate IX.) 



Characters. — Size that of a small Leopard; markings clouded, 

 that is, in the form of large blotches or patches exceeding a 

 couple of inches in diameter. Ground-colour of fur pale 

 yellow to grey, with blackish cloudings. Tail very long and 

 thick, measuring from 2 feet 2 inches to 3 feet 10 inches. 

 Skull long and narrow, with the upper tusks, or canines, rela- 

 tively longer than in any other Cat, their length equalling half 

 that of the palate ; anterior upper pre-molar tooth frequently 

 wanting. Pupil of eye oval and vertical. Total length, from 

 6 to 6^2 feet. 



The under-parts of the body, as well as the inner sides of 

 the limbs, are white or pale tawny. On its upper surface the 

 head is spotted ; two broad black streaks, separated by nar- 

 rower bands or elongated spots, start at the ears and run 

 backwards to the shoulders, whence they are continued as 

 more or less ill- denned bands of oval markings along the 

 middle of the back. As a rule the sides of the body are 

 ornamented with a number of large irregularly-shaped, ovoid, 

 or quadrangular dark blotches or patches, frequently edged 

 in places, especially on their hinder borders, with black ; in 



