“86 U. Ss. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
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1148 165" |sacses <-<.| Macle Pass, Texas\- —---|..--- Maj. W. H. Emory -|.--..-- Sine = A. Schott....- 
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FELIS ONCA. 
The Jaguar, or American Tiger. 
Felis oncga, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 1766, 61. 
Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 77. 
Scureser, Sdugt. II, 1778, 388; pl. cii. (On plate. Der Jaguar in the text.) 
Desm. Mamm. I, 1820, 219. 
Temm. Mon. Mamm. I, 1827, 136. 
Haran, F. Am. 1825,95. 
Ham. Smiru, in Griff. Cuv. II, 1827, 454,455. (Plates of two varieties.) 
Waener, Suppl. Schreb. Saugt. II, 1841, 474. 
Aun. & Bacu. N. A. Quad. III, 1853, 1; pl. ci. 
Burmeister, Thiere Brasiliens, I, 1854, 84. 
Felis panthera, Scureser, Siugt. III, 1778; tab. Ixxx, Ixlix. (From Buffon.) 
“ Tigris Mexicana, Hern. Thesaurus, 498.”’ 
Le jaguar, St. Hivarre & Coy. Hist. Nat. des Mammif. II, 1819. (Two plates.) 
Sp. Cu.—Size considerably larger than that of the American panther, (Felis concolor.) Tail less than half the length of the 
body and neck, exclusive of the head. Ground color above, clear brownish-yellow; beneath, white, spotted. No distinct stripes 
visible, excepting on the lower half of the back on the vertebral line where the blotches are confluent. On the shoulders and 
anterior to it, the blotches are full and small. On the sides of the body is a series of polygonal figures, with the borders com- 
posed of black blotches enclosing a light area, with a few blotches in the centre. 
For a detailed description of the jaguar, I will refer to the report on the mammals of the 
United States and Mexican Boundary Commission. The species is found in the United States 
as far north as Red river of Louisiana. 
