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THE CARNIVORES 



To the Malays the clouded leopard is known as the Rimau-dahan, or Arimau- 

 dahan, meaning the tiger of the trees ; the word dahan signifying the forked branch 

 of a tree. According to Mr. Blanford, the whole of our limited knowledge of the 

 habits of this species is derived from the reports of native hunters, and is not, there- 

 fore, in all respects trustworthy. That it passes almost the whole of its time in 



THE CLOUDED LEOPARD. 

 (One-tenth natural size.) 



trees, on the branches of which it sleeps, is, however, thoroughly ascertained ; and 

 it appears that its food consists chiefly of birds and small Mammals. 



THE MARBLED CAT (Felts marmoratd) 



The marbled cat from the Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burma, and the Malayan 

 region, is a much smaller species, agreeing in the general characteristic of its rnark- 

 ings with the clouded leopard. In size this beautiful little species is somewhat larger 



