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the rest of the body, and the long thickly furred tail is 

 marked with spots at the base. The (F. pardus-greyi), a 

 much smaller Leopard, is found in the same habitat. The 

 Pard of Turkistan, and the western Himalayas, also has 

 a long fur, but it is coarser and lighter in color than that 

 of the Mongolian Leopard. The Corean Leopards are much 

 lighter than those of northern China, and have shorter 

 tails. 



There are several varieties of Pards in Africa south of 

 Senegambia, the most important of which, the Common 

 Leopard (Felis-pardus, leopardus) of West Africa, is 

 characterized by its large size, small ears and long tail, 

 which is two-thirds the length of the body. It is light 

 yellow in color, and marked on the head, neck and legs 

 with black spots of various sizes, and on the rest of the 

 body and the tail with rosets formed of five or six small 

 points each. The other African varieties of the Felis-pardus 

 are the (F. pardus-somaliensis) of Abysinnia and Sumalo- 

 land, which has larger ears, larger spots and more rosets, 

 and is considerably darker in color than the West African 

 Pard; the (F. pardus-suabelicus) of South Africa that has 

 very large spots; and the (F. pardus-antiquorum) of 

 Algeria, which is the largest and darkest of the African 

 Leopards. 



(Felis-Chalibelata), is the designation given to a dis- 

 tinct species, found in the eastern parts of East India. It 

 stands lower than any other Leopard, and has a tail as 

 long as the head and body combined. 



The type species of the rare and beautiful Clouded 

 Leopard, or panther, has its habitat in the mountains of 

 Northern India, Burma and Siam. It is about the size of 

 an ordinary small leopard. The color is a brownish 

 yellow on the upper parts, and lighter beneath. It has 

 large oblong black spots on the back, and small spots 

 between the two broad bands on the head. The sides are 

 almost entirely covered with large irregular black 

 blotches, and there are a number of dark - rings on the 

 tail. 



Other species of the Clouded Leopard are : The (Felis- 

 macrocelis) of Borneo, and the (Felis-macrourus) of 

 China. 



