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





FELIS EYRA, Deem. 



Tiger Cat. 



Ft/is eyre, DESM. Mamm. I, 1820, 231. 



"MAX. Beit. II, 381." 



WAGNER, Suppl. Schrebcr, II, 1841, 544. 



BCRMEIBTER, Thiere Brasiliens, I, 1854, 90. 

 Felis unfco/or, TRAILL, in Mem. Worn. Acad. Ill, 178 ; pi. x. 

 BERLANDIER, MSS. pi. ii. 



SP. CH. Size of the house cat, but with longer neck, and general form more musteline. Tail rather longer than the body, 

 exclusive of the neck and head. Color, uniform brownish red, a little paler beneath. (Hairs not annulated ?) 



The introduction of this species into the fauna of North America is based on a skull in the 

 Berlandier collection, (No. 1373,) obtained at Matamoras ; and on drawings and descriptions 

 in the Berlandier manuscripts. It ranges from Guiana to Mexico, and through the latter, 

 probably near the coast, to the Rio Grande of Texas. 



For full accounts of the species, see the report on the mammals of the United States and 

 Mexican Boundary Survey. 



FELIS YAGUARUNDI, Desm. 



Felis yaguarundi, DESM. Mam. I, 1820, 230. 



TEMM. Mon. Mam. I, 1827, 139. 



" MAI. Beitrage, II, 381." 



WAGNER, Suppl. Schreb. II, 1841, 512. 



" WATERHOUSE, Zool. Beagle, II, 16 ; pi. viii." 



GRAY, Knowsley Menagerie, 1846 ; pi. iv. 



BDRMEISTER, Thiere Brasil. I, 1854, 90. 

 Felis mexicana 1 DESM. I, 1820, 230. 

 Felis cacomitl, BERL. MSS. 



SP. CH. Larger than the largest common cat ; much more elongated. Tail as long as the body, exclusive of the neck and head. 

 Prevailing color, a continuous grizzled brownish gray, without any spots. Hairs annulated and tipped with black. Young 

 rather more rufous. 



A skull (No. 1426) of this species, in the collection of Dr. Berlandier, collected at Mata 

 moras, with a full description of the animal by him, establishes a more northern range for 

 this species than has hitherto been accorded. In its southern range it reaches as far as Paraguay. 



A full description of the skin and skull of this species will be found in the zoological report 

 of the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. 



