104 MAMMALIA. FEB.E. 



F. galeopardus, Desm. (Serval, Cuv.) Fur fulvous above, whitish 

 beneath, with black spots, of which those on the middle of the 

 back are in four rows ; tail annulated. F. Cuv. Mam. liv. 1. 



F. Capensis, Forster, Desm. Fulvous, with black spots of different 

 sizes, and bands on the shoulders, back, and fore-legs ; tail annu- 

 lated ; ears large, without pencils of hair. Cape of Good Hope. 

 Penn. Quad. i. pi. 1. 



F. Cafra, Desm. Fur gray fawn-coloured above, lighter beneath ; 

 twenty brown transverse stripes upon each flank ; feet banded 

 with black. Cape of Good Hope. 



F. mannl, Pallas, Gmel. Fur of a reddish uniform fawn-colour, 

 with two black spots on the top of the head, and two stripes on 

 the cheeks. Inhabits Tartary. 



F. Javanensls, Cuv. Desm. Fur gray-brown above, whitish be- 

 neath ; four rows of elongated spots along the sides. Inhabits 

 Java. Horsficld's Java, No. 1. 



The F. Bengalensis of Desmarest appears to be a variety of this species. 



F. undala, Desm. Fur of a dirty gray, with numerous transverse 

 brown or black bands ,* convexity of the ears reddish. Java, c. 

 Vosmaer, Monog. t. 13. 



Var. A. Spots much more irregular. F. Sumatrana, Horsfield. 

 F. obscura, Fred. Cuv. Fur of a very deep brown black, with 

 transverse numerous stripes, entirely black. Cape of Good Hope. 



F. yagouaroundi, Desm. Fur black brown, spotted with pale white. 

 Inhabits S. America. Azara, Voy. pi. 10. 



F. Mexicana, Desm. Fur of a uniform bluish-gray, spotted with 

 black. S. America Buff. Sup. iii. pi. 43. 



F. pajeros, Desm. Fur bright gray brown above, with reddish 

 transverse bands on the throat and belly, and faint annulations 

 on the feet. Inhabits S. America. 



F. eyra, Desm. Fur bright red, a white spot on each side of the 

 nose ; tail more bushy than the domestic cat Paraguay. 



F. tigrina, Lin. Fur fawn-coloured above, whitish beneath ; with 

 five rows of longitudinal spots on the back, and oblique upon the 

 flanks ; tail irregularly annulated, Brazil. Schreb. t. 106. 



F. catus, Lin. The Domestic Cat. Ground colour of the fur of a 

 gray more or less marked ; with blackish longitudinal bands upon 

 the back and transverse ones upon the flanks ; lips and soles of 

 the feet black ; tail annulated, with the tip black. 



The wild variety has long and tufted hair, particularly on the cheeks ; upper part of 

 the body of a deep yellowish gray or brown, the under parts whitish ; the back mark- 

 ed with a longitudinal black line, from which arise numerous indistinct transverse 

 lines, extending parallel to one another to the flanks, the shoulders, and the thighs ; 

 similar smaller lines on the face and top of the head, and one across the cheeks from 

 the external angle of the eyes ; tail bushy, annulated with black, and with its tip of 

 the same colour ; ears stift and erect ; and the pupils of the eyes contracting longitudi- 

 nally. The wild cat lives in woods isolated or in pairs ; climbs trees with facility, ami 



