LYNX HUNTING-LEOPARD 479 



Spain and Portugal. The ordinary lynx stands from 16 to 18 inches 

 at the shoulder. 



(a.) EUROPEAN LYNX. 



Length on the TT ,,,. 



field, nose to Locality. Owner, 



root of tail. 



-49J in. ... Andalucia . . . Abel Chapman. 



-42-9 , , ... Eastern Carpathians . Prince Henry of Liechtenstein. 



42 ,, 23 Do. . Count Henry Coudenhove. 



(b.) TIBET LYNX. 

 Height at shoulder, 1 6 or I 8 inches. 



(f.) CANADIAN and BED LYNX. 



Length on the TT \. t 



field, nose to 5rSS Weight. Locality. Owner. 



root of tail. 



*-38 in. 25 60 Ibs. Wyoming . . . Major G. Dalrymple White. 



(about) 

 33 ,, 17 ... Wyoming . . . Capt. M. M'Neill. 



2 ~32 ,, 22 40 Ibs. Nova Scotia . . Major G. Dalrymple White. 



(about) 

 1 Canadian Lynx. 2 Bay Lynx. 



(el.) CARACAL. 



Flat skin. Locality. Owner. 



46^ in. Nr. Grahamstown, S. Africa Dr. H. Smith. 



HUNTING-LEOPARD or CHITA (Cynaelurus jubatus). 



Although this animal is commonly called chita (cheetah) by Anglo- 

 Indian sportsmen, that name is at least as often applied in India to 

 the leopard. From all the true cats and lynxes the hunting-leopard 

 differs by the claws being capable of only partial withdrawal into their 

 sheaths, so that their tips are always exposed. The body also is more 

 slender, and the limbs are proportionately longer. The black spots on 

 the skin are small and without light centres, like those on the head of 

 the leopard. Length 7 feet or less, height at shoulder 30 to 39 inches. 

 A specimen speared by Lieut-Col. L. L. Fenton in Kathiawar measured 

 6 feet ^ inch in length, the tail being 2 feet 2^- inches. 



The animal is the " Ihlose" of the Zulus and Swazis, and is distri- 

 buted sparsely throughout S.E. Africa. Hunting-leopards usually hunt 

 in couples, and fairly stalk their game, securing it with a swift rush at 

 the last. Mr. F. Vaughan Kirby says : " I have seen a party of six 

 hunting together and another of eight. Though I have often tried, I 

 have never yet succeeded in running into one on horseback ; they are in- 

 credibly swift of foot. They invariably kill their prey by strangulation." 



