MAMMALS FELIDAE FELIS PARDALIS. 



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List of specimens. 





Catalogue 

 number. 



Locality. 



Whence obtained. 



Nature of specimen. 



168 Brazos river, Texas 



1309 i Brazil 



2293 ; Paraguay 



J. M. Stanley 



T. Ewbank 



Capt. T. J. Page, U. N. 



Skin. 

 ..do.. 



Skin in alcohol. 



FELIS PARDALIS, Linn. 



Ocelot ; Tiger Cat. 



Felis pardalis, LINN. Syst. Nat. I, 176P, 62. (In part.) 



SCHREBER, Saugt. Ill, 1778, 390 ; tab. ciii (from Buff., called der ozlot in texty. 



DESM. Mam. I, 1820, 222. 



HARLAN, Fauna Amer. 1825, 96. 



TEMM. Mon. de Mam. I, 1827, 144. 



WAGNER, Suppl. Schreb. II, 1841, 496. 



Aro. & BACH. N. Am. Quad. II, 1851, 250 ; pi. Ixxxvi. 

 Quid, F. armillata, F. Cuv. Mamm. 



F. griffithi, SMITH, Griff. Cuv. II. 



F. catenata, GRIFF. Cuv. II, 478 ; plate. 



Sp. CH. Size about that of the American wild cat. Tail not half as long as the body and neck (exclusive of the head). 

 Ears blick, with a white spot. Tail above, black, with narrow bands of white. Fine stripes on the back of neck with lighter 

 intervals. A dorsal series of full black blotches, sometimes more or less continuous. The rest of back and sides showing a 

 grayish network enclosing angular blotches, more or less elongated, black externally, brownish yellow in the centre ; those 

 blotches next the dorsal line more serial and smaller. 



This species is found all through the lower country of Texas, and ranges as far north as Bed 

 river. 



For a detailed description of the skin and skull of this species, see the report of the United 

 States and Mexican Boundary Survey. 



List of specimens. 



