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sub-divide the Felidaa into separate genera, though 

 there are distinctions in the markings, and the form 

 of the tail and ears, sufficient to indicate groups. 

 For the particular history and synopsis of the family, 

 we refer to the second volume of the Mammalia of 

 this work, under the title of Felinaa. We notice 

 here only some species which have become known, 

 or clearly distinguished, since that volume was 

 written. 



la the Genus LEO, Leach., we figure the 



BLACK MANED LION. 

 PLATE X. 



Leo melanocliaittts, NOB. 



THE Black Maned Lion of the Cape ; a very large 

 variety, not distinctly noticed by late writers, though 

 figured in Griffith's Vertebrated Animals. The spe- 

 cies is of the largest size, with a bull dog head ; 

 the facial line much depressed between the eyes ; 

 large pointed ears edged with black ; a great mane 

 of the same colour extending beyond the shoulders ; 

 a fringe of black hair under the belly ; a very stout 

 laii, and the structure in general proportions lower 

 vnan in other Lions. Habitat the Cape. 



