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FELIS. CAT. 



Generic Character. 



Denies Primores intermedii 



sequales. 

 Molares terni. 

 Lingua retrorsum aculeata 

 Ungues retractiles. 



Front-teeth six; the interme- 

 diate ones equal. 

 Grinders three on each side. 

 Tongue aculeated backwards. 

 Claws retractile. 



LION. 



Felis Leo. F. cauda dongata, corpore helvolo. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



p. 60. 

 Cat of a pale tawny or dun colour, with long tail, flocky at the 



tip. 

 F. cauda dongata Jloccosa, thoracejubato. Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 6. 



p. 4. 



Felis cauda in floccum desinente. Briss. Quadr. i. p. 194. 

 Leo. Gesn. Quadr. 572. Aldr. dig. a. 

 Lion. Buff. 9. p. i. pi. 2. 

 Lion. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 27 4. 



A HE Lion is principally an inhabitant of Africa, 

 but is also found, though far less plentifully, in 

 the hotter regions of Asia. It is, however, in 

 the interior of Africa that he exerts his greatest 

 ravages, and reigns superior among the weaker 



