150 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
aggregate in rosettes; andysecondly, the more southern and 
eastern F: geoffroyi of asa in which the colour is 
yellower and the spots are larger. The skull is remarkable for 
its shortness, width, and convexity, the orbit being open be- 
hind, and the anterior pre-molar very minute. 
Distribution.—South America, from Chili to Paraguay and 
Argentina. In Uruguay, according to Mr. Aplin, the Monte- 
Cat (Gato del monte), as it is locally called, is now becoming 
very rare, being trapped by the Sheep-farmers on account of 
the damage it inflicts on the lambs. In Tucuman the typical 
Chilian form is abundant; while in the wooded district of 
Tornquist, lying to the north of Bahia Blanca and south of 
the Sierra de la Ventana (Sierra de Curumalan), in the south 
of Argentina, it is replaced by the true / geoffroyt. ‘This 
form is also found on the Argentine pampas. 
XXV. BOGOTA TIGER-CAT. FELIS PARDINOIDES. 
Felis pardinoides, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 400; id., 
Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 27 (1869); Mivart, The Cat, 
p- 411 (1881). 
Characters.—Originally described as of Indian origin, this Cat 
was identified by Mr. Elliot, in his “‘ Monograph of the Felidze,” 
with the preceding, but is regarded by Professor Mivart as 
distinct. It differs from the typical Geoffroy’s Cat in the 
larger size of the spots, which take the form of dark black- 
bordered blotches. Of the two known skins, one has the 
ground-colour greyer than the other. Length of head and 
body, about 18 inches ; of tail, 10 inches. 
Distribution.—Bogota, U.S. of Colombia. 
XXVI. THE JAGUARONDI. FELIS JAGUARONDI. 
Felis jaguarondi, Fischer, Zoognosie, p. 228 (1814); Elliot, 
Monogr. Felide, pl. xii. (1878-83). 
Felis mexicana, Desmarest, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. vol. vi. p. 
112 (1816). 
