NATURAL HISTORY. 2QS 



properly applied. It is much smaller than the pan- 

 ther; its body, which is nearly of the size of the lynx, 

 being but about three feet and a half long. Its hair, 

 as also its tail, are longer than those of the panther : 

 the latter frequently measures above three feet; though 

 the body of this animal is at least a third less than 

 that of the panther, whose tail does not measure more 

 than two feet, or two and a half at most. The hair 

 of the ounce is of a whitish grey upon the back and 

 sides, and of a grey still whiter under the belly ; 

 whereas the back and sides of the panther are always 

 of a yellow more or less deep. In both, however, the 

 ppots are nearly of the same form, and of the same 

 size. 



The third species is not mentioned by the ancient?, 

 as it belongs to Senegal, to Guinea, and to other 

 southern countries which they had not discovered. 

 This animal we shall call kopard : a name which 

 ha* been improperly applied to the large panther, 

 but which, following the example of most travel- 

 lers, we shall never use unless to denote the above- 

 mentioned animal of Senegal. It is somewhat larger 

 than the ounce, but considerably smaller Uian the pan- 

 ther, being only four feet long : the tail measures two 

 feet or two feet and a- half. On the back and sides 

 the hair is of a yellow colour, more or less deep ; un- 

 der the belly it is whitish ; the spots are aunular, but 

 smaller, and less regularly disposed. 



As each of these animals is different from the other, 

 so each forms a distinct species. Our furriers call the 

 skins of the first species panther-skins; a name which 

 we shall not change : those of the second species they 

 call African tiger-skins, which, being an equivocal 

 name, we have set aside,, and adopted that of ounce* 



