CHAP. XII.] 



DIFFERENT KINDS OF CATS. 



429 



The metacarpals and metatarsals are relatively long. 



The brain is considerably convoluted.* 



The corpus albicans is fairly divided into two corpora mammillaria, 

 as in various other large cats. 



The pupil is round when contracted.! 



The animal, as is well known, is employed for the chase, being 

 taken to the hunting field in a cart, with a hood over its head. Mr. 

 Jerdon has observed it, when let loose after the game, crouch 



Fig. 183. SKULL OF THE CHEETAH (C. jubata). 



along the ground, and seek out every inequality of surface to enable 

 it to get unseen within proper distance of the antelope it was 

 pursuing. Nevertheless it can run with a velocity as great as that 

 of a well-mounted huntsman. 



The cheetah is found at least in Western, Central, and part of 

 Southern India, also in Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Africa, to 

 near the Cape certainly in both Senegal and Kordofan. 



(50.) THE WOOLLY CHEETAH (Felis lanca}.% 



This species has been recently described by Dr. Sclater, and 

 appears to me to be distinct, though Mr. Elliot regards it as a mere 

 variety of the common cheetah. 





* See Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc., vol. i., 

 plate 20. 



f Of this I have been made aware 

 through the kindness of Mr. A. D. 



Bartlett. 



% Pro. Zool. Soc., 1877, p. 532, plate 

 55. 



