126 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



XV. THE LEOPARD-CAT. FELIS BENGALENSIS. 



Felis bengalensis, Kerr, Linn. Anim. Kingdom, p. 151 (1792); 



Elliot, Monogr. Felidae, pi. xxi. (1878-83) ; Blanford, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 627 ; id., Mamm. Brit. India, p. 78 



(1888); Hose, Mamm. Borneo, p. 19 (1893). 

 Felis javanensis, Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist Nat. vol. vi. 



p. 115 (1816); Elliot, Monograph of Felidae, pi. xxviii. 



(1878-83). 

 Felis sumatrana, Horsfield, Zool. Research. pL xxiii. (182 r). 

 Felis minuta, Temminck, Monogr. Mamm. vol. i. p. 130 (1827). 

 Felis nipalensis, Vigors and Horsfield, Zool. Journ. vol. iv. p. 



382 (1829). 

 Felis c/iinensis, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 577 (1837); 



Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 629. 

 Leopardus ellioti, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. x. p. 260 



(1842). 

 Leopardus liorsfieldi, Gray, loc. cit. 



Chans servalinus, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 45 (1843). 

 Leopardus javanensis % L. sumairanus, L. chinensis i Gray, op. 



cit. p. 43 (1843)- 

 Leopardus reeves /, Gray, op. cit. p. 44. 

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



iv. p. 286 (1844). 



Felis jerdoni, Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 185. 



Felis servaliua, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 401. 



Felis lenasserimensis, Gray, op. cit. p. 400. 



Fe is ivagati, Gray, loc. cit. 



Viverriceps ellioti, Gray, op. cit. p. 269. 



Felis liersclielli, Gray, Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 28 



(1869). 



{Plates XII., XIII.) 



Characters. — Generally slightly smaller than a well-grown 

 Domestic Cat, but with relatively longer legs, this spotted 



