THE HUNTING-LEOPARD. 201 
Characters—This southern Old World Lynx, of which the 
colour is rufous on the upper-parts and white beneath, with 
numerous rounded black spots on the body, limbs, and tail, 
appears to bea well-marked species distinguished from all the 
preceding forms by the characters of the skull. According 
to Professor Mivart, when the skull is viewed in profile, it will be 
seen to differ from that of the common Lynx and its allies by 
being raised and convex between the orbits; while a further 
difference is to be found in the more backward extension of 
the nasal bones. 
Distribution—Southern Europe, including Turkey, Greece, 
Sicily, Sardinia, and Spain. ‘That it is a very ancient inhabti- 
tant of the latter country is proved by the occurrence of its 
~ fossilised remains in the ossiferous deposits of the caverns of 
Gibraltar, in association with those of extinct Mammals. 
I have not come across any good accounts of the habits 
of the Spanish Lynx, but it is probable that these differ in no 
essential degree from those of the other representatives of the 
group. 
II. THE NON-RETRACTILE-CLAWED CATS. GENUS 
CYNAILURUS. 
Cynailurus, Wagler, Syst. Amphib. p. 30 (1830). 
Characters.—Claws only partially retractile, their extremitics 
being always protruded from their sheaths ; the tubercle on 
the inner side of the upper carnassial tooth rudimental. Body 
slender, and limbs relatively longer than in the retractile- 
clawed cats. Skull with the foramen below the socket of the 
eye very small, and frequently represented by two or more 
minute apertures. 
The genus is at the present day represented solely by the 
under-mentioned species, although it is probable that an ex- 
tinct form occurs in the Pliocene rocks of the Siwalik Hills in 
the north of India, 
