48 CATALOGUE. 



78. FELIS (LEOPARDUS) JAVANENSIS, Desm., 



Diet. d'Hist. Nat. VI. p. 115. Mamm. p. 229. 



Felis javanensis, Horsf. t ZooL Res., with a figure. App. to 



Life of Sir T. S. Raffles, p. 636. 



Leopardus javanensis, Gray, Cat. of Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 43. 

 Felis undata, Desm. (Var. a.) Fischer, Syn. Mam. p. 205. 

 Felis minuta, Temm., Monogr. I. p. 132. Miiller, over de 



Zoogdieren, $c. p. 54. 

 Felis diardi, Griffith. Gray, Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 43. 



(Var. a.) Felis , WAGATI, of the Mahratta Ghats, 



Elliot, Mamm. of Southern Mahratta country. 

 KUWUK, of the natives of Java. 



HAB. Java. According to Dr. S. Miiller, also Sumatra and 

 Borneo. 



A. Horsfield's Collection from Java. 



The Felis javanensis, or Kuwuk, is found in large forests in every 

 part of Java. It forms a retreat in hollow trees, where it remains con- 

 cealed during the day ; at night it ranges about in quest of food, and 

 often visits the villages at the skirts of the forests, committing depreda- 

 tions among the hen-roosts. The natives ascribe to it an uncommon 

 sagacity, asserting, that in order to approach the fowls unsuspected, 

 and to surprise them, it imitates their voice. It feeds chiefly on fowls, 

 birds, and small quadrupeds, but in case of necessity, it also devours 

 carrion. 



This animal is perfectly untameable ; its natural fierceness is never 

 subdued by confinement. (Horsfield, Zool. Research.) 



79. FELIS (LEOPARDUS) SUMATRANUS, Horsf. 



Sp. 



Felis sumatrana, Horsf., Zool. Research., with a figure. 



App. to Life of Sir T. S. Raffles, p. 636. 

 Leopardus sumatranus, Gray, Cat.ofMamm.Br.Mus.pA3. 

 Felis minuta, Temm., Monogr. I. p. 133. Miiller, over de 



Zoogdieren, 8fC. p. 54. 



Felis undata, Desm. (Var. /3.) Fischer, Syn. Mam. p. 205. 

 RIMAU BULU, of the Malays. 



HAB. Sumatra. 



A. Presented by Sir T. S. Raffles. 



