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GUEPARDID^. 



Tail short, about one-fourth the length of the body, more or less 

 distinctly annulated and tipped black. 



Lvigth. — Haad and body 26 inches, of which the tail is from 6" to 10"; 

 height 14 — 15 inches. 



Hab. — Sind, haunting the marshes. Occurs also in the Punjab 

 Salt Range, and commonly all over India, from- the Himalayas to Cape 

 Comorin. It is a native of North- Africa. Said to be numerous m 

 Persia and Mesopotamia. 



Tribe, LYNCINA,— True Lynxes. 



Head short, globular ; hind legs longest, in caracal more equal ; tail 

 short ; ears pencilled at the tip ; pupils oblong, orbits incomplete, 

 large, the lateral processes of the intermaxillae and frontal bones 

 elongate, nearly reaching each other, (in caracal not so much produced), 

 and the limbs are nearly equal. Lobe on inner side of upper flesh tooth 

 small. 



Felis caracal, Schreh. Blainv. Osteol. Felis, t. 10; Jerd. Mam. 

 Ind.,Tp. 113; Miwrai/, Hdbk., ZooL, Sfc, 8ind. Caracal melanotis, Gray, 

 P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 277; Cat. Mam. Br. Mus., p. 38. Siahrjosh, Hind. 

 Sind, Pers. — The Red Lynx. 



Fur pale reddish brown with a vinous tinge, paler or nearly white 

 beneath. Two spots of pure white above the eyes, the uppermost on 

 the inner side of the eye, the lower at the external angle at the origin 

 of the moustaches. Edges of the upper lip, chin, breast and inside of 

 the legs white ; parts whence the whiskers spring, black. Ears deep 

 black at the base externally, and less so towards the tips, which are 

 pencilled with a long black tuft. 



Length— 30SQ inches, tail 9" or 10," ear 3," height 16 to 18 inches. 



Hah — Sind, Punjab, Kutch, Guzerat, Travancore, Noi'thern Circars, 

 Bengal, Central India, Rajpootana and Khandeish, also in Persia, 

 Arabia, and Africa. 



According to Teraminck this species hunts in packs like the wild 

 dog and so runs down its prey. Lynxes are often tamed and trained 

 in the chase of peacocks, cranes, and the lesser quadrupeds. 



Family, GUEPARDID^E. 



Head short, face short, neck slightly maned. Legs slendei", sub- 

 equal. Tail long. Ears rounded. Skull short, convex. Processes of 

 intermaxillfB and frontals also short, not separating the nasals. Flesh 

 tooth of upper jaw compressed, not lohed inter nail ij. Front upper small 

 grinder distinct; small tubercular grinders one on each side of the 

 upper jaw. 



Gueparda. — Characters those of the Family. 



Gueparda guttata, G-ray, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 396. Felis jubata, 

 Schveh. Jevd. Mam. Iiul, p. 114; Murray, Hdhlc, ZooL, SfC, 8lnd, p. 86. 

 Felis guttata, Eenn. F. venatioa, .^1. Smith. Cynaslurus Soemmeringii, 

 Ew^^j.— The Hunting Leopard or Cheeta or India. 



