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THE CAT. 



[CHAP. xii. 



dark grey brown, scarcely spotted ; chin and under parts, white 

 with black spots. 



Length of head and body, seventeen and a half inches. 



Length of tail, five and a half inches. 



(30.) THE JAVAN CAT (Felis javanensis).* 



This form is added doubtfully as a distinct species. It is repre- 

 sented in the British Museum by a specimen of small size and of a 

 greyish-brown colour with round spots, of a reddish-brown tint, on 

 the sides, and with blackish longitudinal streaks along the back. 

 There are two stripes on the cheek. Beneath, it is whitish, with 

 largish, brown spots. 



Length of the head and body, twenty-two inches. 



Length of the tail, seven and a half inches. 



(31.) THE BUSHY-TAILED RED-SPOTTED CAT (Fells euptilurd).\ 



This species was first described by Mr. Elliot from a very imper- 

 fect skin, t which is the type of the species, and is preserved in the 

 British Museum. There is also there preserved a specimen from 

 Shanghae, which closely resembles the skin described by Mr. Elliot 

 and is similarly named. 



The following is Mr. Elliot's description : 



" Ground-colour of the body light brownish-yellow, strongly 

 mixed with grey, covered with reddish-brown spots rather oblong in 

 shape, darkest and most conspicuous on the hind quarters ; head 

 grey, with a white line under the eyes and on the side next to the 

 nose ; two dark brown stripes on the centre, commencing at the tip 

 of the nose, and one on each side, beginning at the eye, pass over the 

 top of the head, and down the back of the neck to the shoulders ; a 

 dark-red stripe runs from the corner of the eye, across the cheek to 

 the base of the ear ; and another, rather lighter in colour, starting 

 below the eye, passes across the cheek and curves back under the 

 throat. The centre of the back is much darker than the sides, with 

 spots of dark brown. Under lip white, as is also the throat and under 

 parts. Across the upper part of the breast are four broken bands of 

 foxy red ; belly covered with large brown spots, becoming rufous 

 between the hind legs. Inner side of hind legs buff, with cross bands 

 of foxy-red, and covered with small reddish spots to the toes. Tail 

 thick, rather short, bushy, darker than the body, with several 

 incomplete broken rings of blackish brown. Inside of ear buff, 

 behind black." 



Size about that of the common cat. 



The orbits are nearly enclosed by bone. The nasal bones extend 

 back decidedly beyond the nasal processes of the maxilla. The 

 nasal region is much pinched laterally. There is a small upper front 

 premolar. 



* Gray, Catalogue of Carnivora, p. plate 76. It is also described and 

 26. ligiireil in his Monograph, 



t Elliot, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 760, No. 52. 3. 19. 1. 



