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CARNIVORA FISSIPEDIA. 



The Black Pard of Java is probably only a color varia- 

 tion, as mothers have been seen nursing young of different 

 hues. It is said that Black Leopards are never seen on 

 the main land, and the skins, some of which are so dark 

 that the spots are hardly perceptible, and others of a 

 greyish shade on which the spots stand out in beautiful 

 contrast, are highly prized. 



BLACK LEOPARD. 



The Persian Pard (F. pardus-tulliana) is not as graceful 

 as the East Indian Leopard, but larger and slenderer, and 

 very beautiful. The greyish yellow ground color is 

 whitish in places, and marked with black roset rings of 

 solid spots. /The range of this animal extends from 

 Persia to the Caucausian Mountains. The (F. pardus- 

 sinensis) of southern China resembles the East Indian Pard 

 in some respects, but is smaller and of a darker yellow color 

 and marked with small spots. 



The Chinese Leopard, the (F. pardus-fontaineri) of 

 Mongolia, Manchuria and the entire eastern slope of the 

 Himalayas, has a fine dense fur, that is over an inch long, 

 with black markings showing on the brownish yellow ground 

 color. The hair on the neck and belly is longer than on 



