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OCELOT. 



Felis Pardalls. F. cauda dvngata, corpore maadis superiaribus 

 virgatis, inferioribus orbiculatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 78. 



Longish-tailed C. with long stripe-shaped spots on the upper 

 parts, and round ones on the lower. 



Felis rufa, in ventre ex albo flavicans, maculis nigris, in dorso 

 longis, in ventre orbiculatis variegata. Eriss. Quadr. p. 199. 



Catus Pardus, v. Catus ferus Americanorum. Rati Quadr. 169. 



Ocelot. Buf.i 3 .t. 35)3 6. 



Mexican C. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 387. 



THE Ocelot or Pardalis is certainly one of the 

 most beautiful of the present genus. In size it is 

 almost equal to the Jaguar. Mr. Pennant de- 

 scribes it as about four times the size of a large 

 Cat. The ground-colour of the male is a bright 

 reddish tawny above, nearly white on the lower 

 part of the sides, breast, limbs, and belly. Seve- 

 ral large, long, and variously inflected broad 

 stripes, of a deeper or richer tinge than the 

 ground-colour, are disposed over the upper parts 

 of the body; these stripes are edged with black, 

 and have also several differently shaped black 

 spots in the middle part The head is streaked 

 and spotted with black ; and the upper as well as 

 under parts of the limbs and the belly marked 

 in a beautiful manner with small and nume- 

 rous round spots : the tail is patched or spotted 

 also. The colours of the female are less vivid, 

 and more inclining to ash-colour. This is an ex- 

 tremely ferocious animal, and inhabits the hotter 

 parts ofSouth America, where it is said to com- 



