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THE CAT. 



[CHAP. xu. 



(23.) THE YAGUARONDI (Felis Yaguarondi}* 



The Yaguarondi is one of the few unspotted cats, like the lion 

 and puma. It has a very long tail and a long hody, in propor- 

 tion to the limbs, and its head is long and low. 



It is of a blackish or brownish grey, with individual variations, 

 both greyish and reddish specimens being found in the same 

 locality. Each hair being blackish grey at the root, then black 

 and greyish again towards the point. 



The female is said to be of a lighter, brighter colour than the 

 male. 



The animal is thirty inches from snout to tail, while the tail 

 is twenty- five inches long. 



The pupil is said to be round. 



The skull is elongated and somewhat flattened above, but what 

 is exceedingly characteristic of the species is the remarkable way 

 in which the nose is, as it were, pinched in laterally. 



It inhabits Brazil, Guiana and Paraguay, and North-eastern 

 Mexico. 



(24.) THE EYRA (Felis Eyra).^ 

 This is the most remarkable of all the cats, from the extreme 



Fig. 175. THE EyEA (Felis Eyra). 



length of its body in comparison to that of its limbs a condition 

 which gives it somewhat the appearance of a large weasel. It is 

 also one of the few unspotted cats. 



The fur is soft, of a uniform reddish-yellow or chestnut colour, 



* See Biologia, Mammals, p. 63. f Biologia, Mammals, p. 64. 



