448 FELIS. 
OcEeLot. Manigordo in Costa Rica. 
Type locality. Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. Southern Texas to Mexico, and southward to 
Buenos Ayres east of the Andes. Boquete, Chiriqui, Central America. 
(Bangs.) 
Genl. Char. Size less than that of the lynx; tail less than half the 
length of head and body; color markings very irregular, and body 
color very variable. 
Color. Upper parts rufous, marked with black lines and spots, 
some of the latter with rufous centers; flanks and loins yellowish 
white, striped with rufous margined with black; legs spotted with 
black on light buff; feet buffy white; cheeks crossed by two black 
lines; chin, throat, breast, and belly white, the last two spotted with 
black; tail dark buff, banded and spotted with black, tip blackish. 
(Typical style.) 
Measurements. Total length about 970; tail vertebre, 347; 
Skull of F. limitis, type, Hensel, 114; zygomatic breadth, 93; width 
of bulla, 17; length of upper tooth row, 40; crown of carnassial, 
15.8X 7.8. 
ta.—mearnsi Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1904, p. 71. 
costaricensts.. Mearns, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., o02, jpacews: 
(nec Merr.) 
Costa Rica OcELoT. 
Type locality. Talamanca, Costa Rica. 
Genl. Char. Size large; ground color tawny; pattern of coloring 
like that of F. pardalts. 
Color. Ground color of upper parts russet or tawny; five black 
stripes on neck above; a median dorsal black stripe, with a row of 
black spots on each side; tail with numerous black cross bars both 
above and beneath; a black stripe beneath head and one on chest; 
under parts cream buff with the usual black spots; ears black, with 
the gray patch as seen in all of these cats. 
Measurements. Total length, 1050; tail, 280; hind foot, 162. 
(skin.) Skull: Hensel, 134; zygomatic breadth, 108; Male. 
Female: Hensel, 112; zygomatic breadth, 92. 
456. *carrikeri (Felis) Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1904, p. 47. 
*This would seem to be an individual of the F. pardalis form with colors 
slightly deepened, a hue often seen in specimens of this species irrespective of 
locality. 
*Evidently a melanistic individual, probably of F. pardalis. The total 
length equals that species, but the skull and tail have smaller measurements. 
This may be merely an individual peculiarity. 
