110 DIVISION I. VEKTEBPvAL ANIMALS. — CLASS L MAMJLVLLV. 



Tlie followini;' account has reference to the same: "There is a pair of 

 leopards, from Asia, at the present time in tlie Tower, conlincJ in the 

 same den. Tlie female is very tame, and gentle in her temper, and will 

 allow herself to be patti'd and caressed Ijy tlie keepers, while she licks their 

 hands, and purs. She, however, has one peculiarit)', — that she cannot bear 

 manv of tlie appendages that visitors bring witli them to the menagerie. 

 Slie lias a pai'ticular predilection for the destruction of parasols, umbrellas, 

 nuifts, and hats, \vliich she frequently lays hold of before the unwary spec- 

 tator can prevent it, and tears to pieces in au instant. She has lieen five 

 vcars in the Tower, during which time she has seized find destroyed several 

 hundreds oi* tlicse articles, as well as other parts of ladies' dress. While this 

 creature is in a plavful mood, she bounds about her cell with the quickness 

 of thought, touching the four sides of it nearly at one and the same instant. 

 So rapid are licr motions, that she can scarcely I.>e followed l.iy the eye ; and 

 slie will e\en skim along the ceiling of Jier apartment with the same amaz- 

 ing rapidity, evincing great pliability of form, and wonderful muscular 

 powers." 



The RL'iLVU-DAHAN {Fells macrocells). Tree Tiger. — This animal 

 is a native of Sumatra; is about five feet and six inches in length, in- 

 cluding the tail, and one foot and four inches in height. The head is 

 proiiortlonally small, somewhat attenuated, obtuse, and rather high in its 

 vertical dimensions. The upper lip is full and distended, the lower lip is 

 less swelled and projecting than in several other species of this genus. The 

 tcrmiiKition of the muzzle is abrupt. The general aspect indicates less 

 ferocity than that of the tiger or leopard ; the character of the eyes and the 

 pliysiognomy have considerable resemblance to those of the domestic cat. 



The color of the tree tiger is a whitish-gray ; the v>-hole body, however, 

 is singularly marked by large, irregular, angular dark spots, some of them 

 of a deep velvet-black. 



It is an inoffensive animal, and seems to regard men and children, not as 

 enemies, but as friends and companions. It lives much on trees, where it 

 also sleeps, whence it derives the name Duluin, which signifies the fork 

 formed by the Iiranch of a tree, across which it is said to rest, and 

 occasionally stretch itself. 



In confinement it is extremely docile and playful. A pair of them, cai- 

 ried a i'iw years ago from Sumatra to England, excited a great degree of 

 interest among the passengers on the shi[) which transported them. They 

 were as playlid as kittens ; alwaj-s courting intercourse with persons passing 

 liy, and, in the expression of their countenance, which was always 02)cn and 

 smiling, showed the greatest delight when noticed, throwing themselves on 

 their backs, and delighting to be tickled and rubbed. There was a little 



