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the limbs. They are mo#® diffuse on the flanks, where they 
mix with the ground-colour, producing a brownish tinge. 
Finally, on the back, from the forehead to the sacral region, 
they are more or less confluent, so that the whole back appears 
to be of a black colour, which is most intense above the lumbar 
region. A few black spots on the upper lip, a conspicuous 
black spot surrounded by a light yellowish ring above each 
eye, and a large one on the back of each ear, are present, as 
in Leopards with typical coloration. On the other hand, the 
tail differs. in a remarkable manner, being fulvous for its first 
two-thirds, this colour gradually changing into pale grey, and 
the whole tail being sprinkled with very small and clearly 
defined spots, while the extreme tip is black. Chin, chest, 
belly, and inside of the legs white, with large black spots, as 
in the ordinary Leopard. Whiskers and claws white; hair 
between the foot-pads black. The hairs are about of the 
ordinary length, with a very thick under-fur on the sides of 
the body.” 
Lastly, we have a very aberrant variety from China known as 
Fontanier’s Leopard (/ fvntanieri), regarded by some writers 
as a distinct species. Not improbably this form is really in- 
separable from the earlier / japanensis of Gray, founded on 
a tanned skin procured from a Japanese trader, but which 
probably came originally from China. Concerning this Chinese 
Leopard, Dr. J. Anderson, who has devoted great attention to 
the subject, writes that it ‘is characterised by the confluence 
of the black spots, which form rather large complete rings in 
the adult, asin the Jaguar, but without the central black spot. 
The fur is also long, soft, and dense. This latter character is 
also assigned by Swinhoe to the northern race of Chinese 
Leopards, the fur of which, he states, is confusedly spotted 
and marked with black rings. Gray also states that the coat of 
his /. japanensis is distinguished by its rounded and unequal- 
