' , THE CHEETAH. 



The fur of this animal is rather variable in its coloring, and it is found that the 

 coat of the female is rather more yellow than that of the male. The tail is marked 

 with several dark rings upon a whitish ground, the tip of the tail being black. 



The general tint of the fur is a deep gray, sometimes varied by a reddish tawny hue, 

 and sometimes plentifully besprinkled with black hairs. On the upper part of the legs 

 there are some very faint stripes of a ruddy brown, and two similar bands may be ob- 

 served on the sides of the face. When young, the fur is marked with dark stripes and 

 blotches, which are found sparingly on almost every portion of the body, but are most 

 conspicuous on the sides. It is spread over the two vast continents of Asia and 

 Africa, being found in the southern parts of India and the greater part of Africa, from 

 Egypt and Barbary to the Cape. 



CHEETAH. Oueparda iubaia. 



Its food consists of the smaller quadrupeds, and such birds as it can capture. It is 

 by no means a large animal, being barely two feet in length exclusive of the tail, which 

 measures rather more than a foot. 



THE beautifully marked and elegantly formed creature which is represented in the 

 accompanying engraving is worthy the attention' of all who are interested in the 

 wondrous influence which can be exerted by the human mind upon the very being of 

 the lower animals. The CHEETAH, Youze, or Hunting Cat, as it is indifferently named, 

 is, like the last-mentioned animal, an inhabitant of Asia and Africa. It is rather a 

 large animal, exceeding an ordinary leopard in stature. This superiority in size appears 



