HABITS OF THE CHEETAH. 69 



dwellings, and is scarcely at all dreaded for its de- 

 structive propensities. Indeed the cheetah would, 

 moreover, seem to be by no means safe from 

 the attacks of more powerful animals of its own 

 kind, as Captain Kice, in his valuable work, Tiger 

 Shooting in India, mentions an instance that came 

 under his own notice, in which a cheetah was killed 

 by a tiger, rather, as it appeared, for the gratifi- 

 cation of some feeling of dislike than to satisfy the 

 cravings of hunger, as the carcass was left 

 untouched. In size the cheetah rather exceeds an 

 ordinary leopard, though its dimensions appear 

 greater than is really the case, on account of the 

 length of the limbs. The colour is very similar, 

 though the tint is rather fawn-coloured than dark 

 yellow. The texture of the fur, besides, is by no 

 means so smooth as that of the leopard, possessing 

 a peculiar crispness found in no other member of 

 the group. About the neck and chest the hair is 

 considerably longer, giving the animal a very 

 determined aspect, and forming a sort of mane, 

 from which the scientific title " jubata," or maned, 

 is derived. 



