U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS ZOOLOGY GENERAL REPORT. 



List of specimens. 



FELIS ONCA. 



The Jaguar, or American Tiger. 



Felis onco, LINN. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 1766, 61. 



GM. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 77. 



SCHREBER, Saugt. Ill, 1778, 388; pi. cii. (On plate. Der Jaguar in the text.) 



DESK. Mamm. I, 1820, 219. 



TEMM. Mon. Mamm. I, 1827, 136. 



HARI.AN-, F. Am. 1825,95. 



HAM. SMITH, in Griff. Cuv. II, 1827, 454,455. (Plates of two varieties.) 



WAGNER, Suppl. Schreb. Saugt. II, 1841, 474. 



AUD. & BACH. N. A. Quad. Ill, 1853, 1; pi. ci. 



BCRMEISTER, Thiere Brasiliens, I, 1854, 84. 



Felis panthera, SCHREBER, Saugt. Ill, 1778; tab. Ixxx, Ixlix. (From Buffon.) 

 " Tigri$ Mcxicana, HERN. Thesaurus, 498." 

 Le jaguar, ST. HILAIRE & COT. Hist. Nat. des Mammif. II, 1819. (Two plates.) 



SP. CH. Size considerably larger than that of the American panther, (Felis concolor.) Tail less than half the length of the 

 body and neck, exclusive of the head. Ground color above, clear brownish-yellow; beneath, white, spotted. No distinct stripes 

 visible, excepting on the lower half of the back on the vertebral line where the blotches are confluent. On the shoulders and 

 anterior to it, the blotches are full and small. On the sides of the body is a series of polygonal figures, with the borders com 

 posed of black blotches enclosing a light area, with a few blotches in the centre. 



For a detailed description of the jaguar, I will refer to the report on the mammals of the 

 United States and Mexican Boundary Commission. The species is found in the United States 

 aa far north as Red river of Louisiana. 



