FELID&. FELIS. 443 
Claws retractile, long, sharp, curved, compressed; feet digitigrade, 
five toes on fore feet, four on hind; soles hairy; pads naked; tongue 
covered with sharp, hornlike papilla, pointing backward; only one 
true molar on each side above and below, and two inferior pre- 
molars; upper carnassial (posterior premolar) very large, with a tri- 
lobed blade, and a small inner tubercle with separate root; lower 
carnassial (true molar) a large, compressed, sharp blade with two 
subequal lobes, without inner cusp; canines long, curved, acute, 
edges trenchant; skull short, broad; facial portion short; zygomata 
very wide, arched; bulle large, smooth; clavicles not articulating 
with scapule or sternum. 
85. Felis. 
Serle hae Sarae Seat Goss 
foot G P. I Gees = 30. 
i a a 2—2? 
Fens ‘Dinn:, Syst. Nat:, 1, 1758, p. 4231, 2766, p: 6o., Type Felis 
catus Linneus. 
Linx (sic) Frisch. Das Natur-syst. vierftiss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 
12 Tab. Gen., 1775. 
Lynx Kerr, Anim. Kingd. Syst. Catal., between pp. 32-33, 1792, 
dese p: 155) Ratn.,.Am. Month, Mag, 1, 1897, p..437- 
Lynchus Jard., Nat. Libr. Mamm., 11, 1834, pp. 274-275. 
Puma Jard., Nat. Libr., Mamm., 11, 1834, p. 266. 
Faguirius Servertz., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Sér., x, 1858, p. 386-390 
Lynchatlurus Servertz., Rev. Mag. Zo6l., 2me Sér., x, 1858, p. 
386-390. 
Noctifelis Servertz., Rev. Mag. Zo6l., 2me Sér., x, 1858, p. 386-390. 
Onetfelis Servertz., Rev. Mag. Zodl., 2me Sér., x, 1858, p. 386-390. 
Herpatlurus Severtz., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Sér., x, 1858, p. 385. 
Leopardus Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1867, p. 263. 
Margay Gray, Proc. Zo6l. Soc., 1867, p. 271. 
Pardalis Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1867, p. 272. 
Cervarta Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1867, p. 276. 
Tail long, exceeding half the length of the body without head 
and neck; anterior premolar small. 
KEY TO THE SUBGENERA. 
A. Tail about the length of the body without 
head. PAGE 
a. Adults and young spotted or striped.......... Leopardus 444 
B. Tail about half the length of body without head. | 
oe oCite wuspotted, young spotted’, «2.565 oc. dva esos Felis 454 
C. Tail less than half the length of body without 
head. 
Biemtataive at YOURS SPOLLER. . 06. 240. ies eee es te ws Lynx 456 
