NEPAUL CAT. 



Felis Nepalensis. HORSFIELD and VIGORS. 

 PLATE XXIII. 



Felis Nepalensis, Horsfield and Vigors, Zoological Jaw. 

 nal, No. xv. p. 382. 



THIS species of cat is described by Messrs Hors- 

 field and Vigors in the Zoological Journal, from a 

 specimen in the Society's Museum at Bruton Street, 

 which was said to have been sent from Nepaul. The 

 distinguishing characters of this species, say its de- 

 scribers, are its comparatively lengthened habit, and 

 the slenderness and proportional length of the tail ; 

 the disposition of the marks on the flanks, and the 

 characters of these marks, as far as regards their di- 

 versified form ; and the saturated or black patch 

 with which tfyey are individually marked at their up- 

 per or posterior edge. We have given a copy of 

 this animal from the Zoological Journal, and shall 

 also give the description which accompanies it ; they 

 are the only published authorities for this species. 



The length of the body is 1 foot 10^ inches, that 

 of the tail 10J. Length of the outer extremities 

 10 inches, the posterior 12. We may remark here, 



