190 WILD CAT. 



ridges, the middle ones of which have a thin culmen, 

 with a series of papillae on either side, the whole 

 presenting a remarkably beautiful appearance. It 

 is flesh-coloured, with a few smallish black spots. 

 The tongue, which is rounded and thin at the end, 

 with a slight notch, is covered above with numerous 

 conical horny papillae directed backwards. The 

 incisors, six in each jaw, are very small, the lower 

 especially, nearly even, bluntish, the lateral larger. 

 The canine teeth are long, conical, acute, with a 

 bluntish edge posteriorly ; the upper slightly curved, 

 and longer, with a ridge and two grooves externally, 

 the anterior groove obsolete, the lower smaller, a 

 little more curved, with a ridge and a single groove. 

 Of the four molares in the upper jaw, the first is 

 very small, and equidistant from the canine tooth 

 and second grinder, which is compressed, conical, 

 with a small process behind; the third elongated 

 with three prominences, of which the anterior is 

 small, and an internal anterior small tubercle ; the 

 hind tooth very small, and transverse. In the lower 

 jaw, the first molar, placed at a distance from the 

 canine tooth, is compressed, conical, with an ante- 

 rior and two posterior small tubercles ; the second 

 similar, but larger; the third much larger, with 

 two thin-edged points. The limbs are rather 

 long, and moderately stout, the anterior with five, 

 the posterior with four short toes ; the claws 

 retractile, unciform, compressed, deep at the base, 

 and acuminate. On the sole of the fore foot is a 

 large three-lobed prominence, four oblong promi- 



