Temminck's Monographies de Mammalogie. 529 



Of the true Panther there exists no correct figure. The Leopard 

 appears to be confined to the East, no African specimen having 

 been detected by M. Temminck, in his very extensive enquiries. 



The black Tiger, F. Melas, the Rimau Kumbang of Sir Stam- 

 ford Raffles, is regarded as merely a dark variety of the Leopard. 

 Professor Reinwardt and M. Kuhl have stated, from the testimonies 

 of the natives of Java, that there are frequently found in the dens 

 of the Leopard young individuals, one of which is spotted like 

 the parent, while the other is dark, corresponding with the 

 F. me las. 



The F. Unda L. is also to be erased from the list of species, 

 as it is merely the young of the Leopard or of the Panther ; to 

 either of which the published figures of it may be readily re- 

 ferred, by attending to the proportionate length of the tail. 



6. F. macrocelis, a new species, which has been described by 

 Dr. Horsfield in the ZoologicalJournal, i. 542 ; and of which the 

 twenty-first plate of that volume presents a figure. 



7. F. Serval, comprehending the JF'. Serval and F. Capensis of 

 Linne, together with the Chat-pard of Desmarest, and the Cara- 

 cal of Algiers of Bruce. 



8. F. cervaria. Size nearly that of the Wolf: tail when re- 

 flected extending beyond the head, smaller at the apex than at 

 the base, and terminated by a large black space : labial whiskers 

 pure white throughout from the base to the point : pencils of the 

 ears either very short or altogether wanting ; cheek whiskers 

 moderately long : nose rather elongated. 



Such are the characters assigned to a species which may possi- 

 bly be the Kattlo of Linne and the Swedes, but of which no 

 skins are contained in the cargoes that arrive from the Baltic. 

 In commerce the skins of the J^. cervaria are only obtained from 

 the markets of Moscow, which receive them from the provinces of 

 Asia. It appears probable that this species may have been con- 

 founded under the name of the Canadian Lynx, with the follow- 

 ing- 



9. F. borealis. Size less than that of the preceding, interme- 

 diate between the Fox and the Wolf : tail when reflected not ex- 

 tending to the extremity of the head, obtuse and apparently 



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