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HIMALAYAN 



Felis flimatayanus. 

 PLATE XXIV . 



OUR attention was directed to this curious cat by 

 Mr Warwick of the Surry Zoological Gardens, whose 

 assistance we have already had occasion to mention. 

 The skin was received from the Himalayan district 

 of India ; and Mr Warwick procured for us a cha- 

 racteristic drawing by Mr Leer, of which our plate 

 is a copy ; and the accuracy of that gentleman's zoo- 

 logical portraits are so well known, that we can place 

 every dependence upon it. As far as we can judge 

 from this drawing, and Mr Warwick's description 

 which accompanied it, we are aware of no animal 

 that this can be referred to ; the size is much beyond 

 what has been just now given of the common serval, 

 and the peculiar tint of the ground shade is different 

 from that of the spotted cats. We have therefore 

 named it provisionally as above, and shall now give 

 the dimensions and descriptions as they were sent 

 to us. 



Total length from the nose to the end of the tail, 

 is 3 feet 2 inches ; that of the tail 9^ inches, consi- 

 derably shorter in comparison than that of the serval. 



