160 THE LEOPARD. 



Hesse Cassel. It is an animal of great power, and 

 measured 5 feet 3 inches from the nose to the inser- 

 tion of the tail, and stood about 2 feet 9 inches high 

 at the shoulders ; the length of the body alone being 

 very nearly equal to the whole of Frederick Cuvier's 

 Leopard. The other great distinguishing differences 

 were, that the colour of the whole animal is a buff- 

 yellow, which assumes a darker tint, approaching to 

 red, on the nose, and more ochrey on the back and 

 sides. The belly and insides of the limbs partake 

 of this general colour, but paler, there being no white 

 part about the animal. There may be said to be 

 seven vertical rows of interrupted or imperfect an- 

 nuli on the sides of the animal. These, as well as 

 the like open spots which mark all the panthers, 

 have the inner surface of the annul i more fulvous 

 than the general colour of the sides. The dorsal 

 line is marked in the same manner, not with close 

 but with open spots, and the tail is spotted from be- 

 ginning to end. The forehead, cheeks, sides of the 

 neck, shoulders, throat, and inside of the limbs, are 

 covered with numerous, close, small spots, and there 

 is 9 narrow black bar across the lower part of the 

 throat. Its native country was unknown. 



This animal, we have every reason to think, will 

 be found to be completely distinct, and will be most 

 interesting, as possessing characters intermediate be- 

 tween the large spotted cats of the old world and 

 the Jaguar of South America; and we hope that the 

 attention of those who have it in their power will be 



