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The Living Animals of the World 



OTHER WILD CATS. 



A HANDSOME leopard-like animal is 

 the CLOUDED LEOPARD. It is the size 

 of a small common leopard, but far 

 gentler in disposition. Its fur is not 

 spotted, but marked with clouded 

 patches, outlined in grey and olive-brown. 

 Its skin is among the most beautiful 

 of the Cats. It is found in the Malay 

 Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Formosa, 

 and along the foot of the Himalaya 

 from Nepal to Assam. Writing of 

 two which he kept, Sir Stamford 

 Raffles said : " No kitten could be more 

 good-tempered. They were always 

 courting intercourse with persons pass- 

 ing by, and in the expression of 

 their countenance showed the greatest 

 delight when noticed, throwing them- 

 selves on their backs, and delighting 



Photo by A. S. Rudland <k Son*. 



FISHING-CAT. 

 This wild cat haunts the sides of rivers, and is an expert at catching fish. 



are yellow and spotted, those which are 

 grey and spotted, and those which are 

 grey and striped, or "whole-coloured." 

 There is no wholly grey wild cat, but 

 several sandy-coloured species. All live on 

 birds and small mammals, and probably 

 most share the tame cat's liking for fish. 

 Among the grey-and-spotted cats are the 

 MOTTLED CAT of the Eastern Himalaya 

 and Straits Settlements and islands ; the 

 TIBETAN TIGER-CAT; the FISHING-CAT of 

 India and Ceylon, which is large enough 

 to kill lambs, but lives much on fish and 

 large marsh-snails ; GEOFFROY'S CAT, an 

 American species; the LEOPARD-CAT of Java 



Photo by A. S. Rudland & Sons. 



CLOUDED LEOPARD. 

 It shares with the ocelot the first place among the highly ornamented cats. 



in being tickled and rubbed. On board 

 ship there was a small dog, which used to 

 play around the cage with the animal. It 

 was amusing to watch the tenderness and 

 playfulness with which the latter came 

 in contact with its smaller-sized com- 

 panion." Both specimens were procured 

 from the banks of the Bencoolin River, in 

 Sumatra. They are generally found near 

 villages, and are not dreaded by the 

 natives, except in so far that they destroy 

 their poultry. 



The number of smaller leopard-cats 

 and tiger-cats is very great. They fall, 

 roughly, into three groups : those which 



Photo by A. S. Rudland <k lions. 



MARBLED CAT. 



Another beautifully marked cat. The tail is spotted and very long, the 

 marbled markings being on the body only 



