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CARNIVORA. 



FELID^. 



FELIDjE. 



'^■'<A!C--' J^^-tY-^s:^'.; 







Genus, Felis. 



CAT. 



Generic Character. — Grincling teeth ^tj. No tubercular grinder in the 

 lower jaw ; tongue armed with recui-ved horny pajiilliv ; claws retractile. 



WILD CAT. 



Felis cat us. Linn. 



Specific Character. — Yellowish grey, with a dark longitudinal stripe along 

 the back, and numerous obscure transverse stripes on the sides ; tail of equal 

 thickness throughout, less than half the length of the head and body, grey, 

 annulated aud tipped with black. 

 Felis calus, Linn. Fn. Suec. 9. — Syst. Nat. I. p. 62. 6. Dksmar. JMam. 



p: 232, sp. .306. Temii. Monogr. p. 126. Flem. Brit. 



An. p. 15. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 14. Blas. Siiugeth. 



Deutsch. p. 162, fig. 101. 

 Felis Sjjlcatica, MEfiREXT, Pin. p. 169. 

 Chat sauvage, Buffon, Hist. Nat. VI. t. i. 

 Wild Cat, Pennant, Brit. Qua). I. p. 81. 



Common Wild Cat, Jardine, Felinre, p. 248, t. x.xi.x. 



It is impossible to take even the most casual view of 

 the form and structure of the family to which the present 



