SPOTTED AND STRIPED MAMMALS 9 



have their markings in harmony with the surroundings of an 

 arboreal life. 



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FIG. 2. Jaguar, from a photograph by Gambier Bolton, F.Z.S. 



FIG. 3. Leopard, from a photograph by Gambier Bolton, F.Z.S. 



A glance at the markings of the Jaguar and Leopard in Figs. 

 2 and 3 will show that a large number of their rosettes is made 

 up of groups of small spots, each group forming an isolated and 



