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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 

 gray 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 

 passing by, and in the expression of 

 their countenance showed the greatest 

 delight when noticed, throwing them- 

 selves on their backs, and delighting in 



Photo by A. S. Rutland & Sons 



FISHING-CAT 



This wild cat haunts the sides of rivers, and is an expert at catchin 



gray and spotted, and those which are gray 

 and striped, or " whole-coloured." There 

 is no wholly gray 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 gray-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 Ameri- 

 can species ; the LEOPARD-CAT of Java and 

 Japan, which seems to have gray fur in 



Photo by A. S. Rudland &> Sons 



CLOUDED LEOPARD 



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



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 play- 

 fulness with which the latter came in con- 

 tact with its smaller-sized companion." 

 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 

 are yellow and spotted, those which are 



Photo by A. S. Rudland & Sons 



MARBLED CAT 



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

 marbled markings being on the body only 



