266 SYNOPSIS OF THE FELINE. 



1. The colour brown tawny yellow ; the mane, near- 



ly black and very ample. 



2. The colour much lighter, the mane more scanty, 



and slightly darker than the body. Both very 

 generally diffused over Africa. 



PL. III*. 2. L. ASIATICUS, Asiatic Lion. -Somewhat lesa 

 than the first. Of a very psle yellowish- tawny co- 

 lour ; the mane long, and mixed with longer straight 

 hairs, nearly of the same shade with the body. In- 

 habits the Continent of India, Persia. 



The females of both species are less than the males, 

 and want the mane ; the young resemble them till 

 nearly three years old. 



Under this division will most probably also rank the Maneiess 

 Lion, which is said to have been recently discovered. See 

 page 122. 



GENUS II. PUMA. 



P/ IV 3. P. CONCOLOR, The Puma Above pale reddish, 

 brown, shading into white upon the lower parts ; back 

 of the ears, and parts from which the whiskers spring, 

 deep brownish-black ; tail at the tip black. Length, 

 by Azara, 6 feet 2 inches, tail 2 feet 2 inches ; Tem- 

 minck, nearly 5 feet, tail from 1 foot 8 inches to 1 

 foot 10 inches. Inhabits both continents of Ameri- 

 ca ; extensively distributed over the Southern. 



Pi. V 4. P. NIGRA, The Black Puma Fur entirely of a 



glossy black ; the tail thick and furry. Length, by 

 Azara, 33| inches, that of the tail 13 inches. Inha- 

 bits Paraguay. 



5. P. YAGUARUNDI, The Yaguarundi. Fur deep black- 

 ish-grey, hairs ringed with black and white alter- 

 nately. Length, by Azara, 36| inches, tail 13f inch- 

 es; by Temminck, reaching to 4 feet 4 inches, the 

 tail 1 foot 10 inches. Inhabits Paraguay and Guia- 

 na, Azara; Surinam and the Essequebo, Tern, 

 minck. 



