ZOOLOGICAL POSITION 13 



thirty inches in length, and the tail about ten. 

 It is an inhabitant of southern Asia and Ceylon. 

 Alone among cats, it lives upon fish and fresh- 

 water mollusks, which it captures for itself. 



12. The BENGALESE CAT (F. lengalensis), a 

 very beautiful species from northern India, of 

 a tawny or fulvous gray, with the usual irreg- 

 ular dark markings. Specimens of this and 

 the two preceding species are at present living 

 in the collection of the Zoological Society of 

 Philadelphia. 



13. The WAGATI (F. ivagati). This is also a 

 Bengalese cat, yellowish in color, and more or 

 less spotted or striped. 



14. The MARBLED TIGER-CAT (F. marmorata), 

 a spotted, yellowish-gray cat of medium size, 

 inhabiting Burmah, Malacca, Java, and Borneo. 



15. The SERVAL (F. serial), a moderately 

 large African cat of rusty or tawny color, with 

 black spots on the body and rings on the short 

 tail, and with very long legs ; an inhabitant of 

 the whole of Africa. 



16. The GOLDEN-HAIRED CAT (F. ruttta), a 

 reddish-brown cat with small dark spots, found 

 on the west coast of Africa. 



