122 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



mentioned Fishing Cat, and the anterior upper pre-molar tooth 

 unusually large and furnished with two roots ; orbit of eye 

 completely encircled by bone. The body is much elongated ; 

 and the tail and limbs are very short. In colour, the fur, 

 which is soft, thick, and long, is dark reddish-brown on the top 

 of the head, with two yellow lines extending from between the 

 eyes to the ears, while on the body it is dark brown, gradually 

 lightening on the sides, each hair having a white tip, which 

 communicates a silvery-grey tinge to the entire coat. Face 

 below the eyes light reddish, with two narrow dark lines 

 running across the cheeks to beneath the ears. Chest and 

 under-parts white ; the latter spotted and streaked with rufous. 

 Inner surfaces of limbs rufous-brown, becoming lighter near the 

 feet; tail reddish-brown. Length of head and body, from 21 

 to 24 inches ; of tail, from 6 to 8 inches. 



Distribution. — Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo; on the 

 Baram River, Sarawak ; Mount Dulit, at 2,000 feet. 



Habits. — Of the habits of the little Fire- Cat, as this species 

 is sometimes called, little is known ; although, from the 

 similarity in the anterior premolar tooth, it has been suggested 

 that they may be similar to those of the Fishing Cat. Mr. 

 Hose writes that in Borneo "this Cat is common in the low 

 country, and is often very destructive in the gardens. It is 

 very fond of fruit, and has constantly been known to dig up 

 and eat the sweet potatoes which are grown by the natives." 



XIII. THE BORNEAN BAY CAT. FELIS BADIA. 



Felis badia, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 322; Elliot, 

 Monogr. Felidae, pi. xiv. (1878-83); Mivart, The Cat, p. 

 419 (1881); Hose, Mamm. Borneo, p. 20 (1893). 

 Characters. — A small, uniformly-coloured Cat readily dis- 

 tinguished from the preceding by the small size and single 



