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ficult genus. It is a native of several parts of 

 Africa and Asia. 



JAGUAR. 



Felis Onca. F. cauda mediocri, corpore jlavescente, ocdlis nigris 



rotundato-angulatis media flaws . Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 61. 

 C. with tail of moderate length, and yellowish body, with black 



ocellated roundish-cornered spots with yellow central spaces. 

 Felis flavescens, maculis nigris orbiculatis, quibusdam rosam re- 



ferentibus variegata. Briss. Quadr.p. 196. 

 Pardus aut Lynx brasiliensis, Jaguara dictus, Lusitanis Onza. 



Raii syn. p. 168. 



Brasilian Cat. Pennant Qitadr. i.p. 286. 

 Le Jaguar. Buff. 9. p. 2Oi.pl. 18. 



THE Jaguar, sometimes called the American 

 Tiger, is a native of the hotter parts of South 

 America, and is considered as a very fierce and 

 destructive animal. Its manners are said to re- 

 semble those of the Tiger, lying in ambush for 

 its prey. It is about the size of a Wolf, or even 

 larger. Its ground colour is a pale brownish-yel- 

 low, variegated on the upper parts with streaks 

 and open oblong spots or markings of black; the 

 top of the back being marked with long inter- 

 rupted stripes, and the sides with rows of regular 

 open marks: the thighs and legs are also varie- 

 gated with black spots but without central spaces : 

 the breast and belly are whitish : the tail not so 

 long as the body ; the upper part marked with 

 large black spots in an irregular manner, the 

 lower with smaller spots. 



