THE G\t -TiAiN CAi\ 



is maniculata RUPPEL. 

 PLATE XXVII. 



Kleinpfotige Katze, Felis maniculata, foem., Ruppel, 



Zuder Rcise in Nordlichen Afrika, tab. i Fdis gantd,, 



Felis maniculata, Temminck, Monoyraphies, p. 128. 



THIS very interesting species is a native of the 

 north of Africa, and has been first described and figur- 

 ed in the Zoological Atlas of figures of the produc- 

 tions which M. Ruppel discovered during his first 

 travels in Nubia. We shall transcribe his very im- 

 portant remarks, and the description of the superin- 

 tendants of the Frankfort Collection. 



The total length is 2 feet 5 inches, of which the 

 tail measures about 9. and the height of the shoulder 

 is about 9-Jr inches. " Its size is that of a middle-sized 

 domestic cat, and smaller than the European wild cat 

 (Felis catusferus, Linn.) by one-third. All the pro- 

 portions of its limbs are on a smaller scale, correspond- 

 ing with those of the latter, with the sole exception of 

 the tail, which in this smaller species is found to be 

 longer. The woolly or ground hair is in general of a 

 slirty ochre colour, which on the back and the pos- 



