THE SERVAL. 135 
seen several undoubted hybrids between this and the Domestic 
Cat, and I have also observed the same.” Later observations 
‘ndicate that this Cat does not invariably shun jungles, since it 
has been taken in the forests of Ceylon. The exceeding grace- 
fulness of the movements of the kittens in captivity has been 
noticed by all who have seen them, and their activity far sur- 
passes that of domestic kittens of the same age. 
XVIII. THE SERVAL. FELIS SERVAL. 
Felis serval, Erxleben, Syst. Régn. Animal, p. 523 (i777)3 
Elliot, Monogr. Felide, pl. xxvi. (1878-83). 
Felis capensis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 81 (1788). 
Felis galeopardus, Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 227 (1820). 
Felis senegalensis, Lesson, Mag. Zool. 1839, pl. x.; Mivart, The 
Cat, p. 407 (1881). 
? Felis servalina, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, P. 94 3 Bocage, 
J. Sci. Lisb. ser. 2, vol. iii. p. 176 (1889). 
Leopardus serval, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 41 (1843) 
(Plate XIV.) 
Characters.—Size medium; legs long; tail short. General 
colour reddish-orange or tawny, approaching brown along the 
middle of the back, and paling to whitish on the under-parts. 
Body marked with black or dark brown spots, some of which 
are circular, and others irregularly shaped ; towards the middle 
of the back the markings tending to unite into two longitudinal 
stripes ; no dark streaks on the cheeks ; two strongly-marked 
transverse bars on the inner sides of the fore-legs ; tail ringed 
with black. Pupil contracting into an oblong vertical slit. In 
the skull the anterior pre-molar tooth present, and the second 
of unusually large size. Length of head and body reaching to 
4o inches ; of tail, to 16 inches. 
With regard to the Servaline Cat (F. servalina) of West 
Africa, there is some difference of opinion among zoologists as 
