Order \ II. Camivora. Carnivores. 



Family I. Felidse. Cats. 



Genus 112. Felis. 



Felis Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 41; i, 1766, p. 60. Type Felis 



catus Linnaeus. 

 Linx {sic) Frisch., Das Natur-syst. vierfuss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 



12, Tab. Gen., 1775. 

 Lynx Kerr, Anim. Kingd. Syst. CataL, pp. 32-33, 1792, desc. p. 155. 

 Lynceus Gray, Lond. Med. Repos., xv, 182 1, 302. 

 Puma Jard., Nat. Libr., Mamm., 11, 1834, p. 266. 

 Lynchus Jard., Nat. Libr., Mamm., 11, 1834, pp. 274, 275. 

 Leopardns Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., x, 1842, 260. (nee 1867). 

 Herpailurus Severtz., Rev. Mag. ZooL, 2me Ser., x, 1858, p. 385. 

 Jaguarius Severtz., Rev. Mag. ZooL, 2me Ser., x, 1858, pp. 386, 



3QO. 

 Lynchailnrus Severtz., Rev. Mag. ZooL, 2me Ser., x, 1858, pp. 386, 



390. 

 Nocti felis Severtz., Rev. Mag. ZooL, 2me S^r., x, 1858, pp. 386, 390. 

 0)icifelis Severtz., Rev. Mag. ZooL, 2me Ser., x, 1858, pp. 386, 390. 

 Leopardns Gray, Proc. ZooL Soc., 1867, p. 263. 

 Margay Gray, Proc. ZooL Soc., 1867, p. 271. 

 Pardalis Gray, Proc. ZooL Soc, 1867, p. 272. 

 Cervaria Gray, Proc. ZooL Soc, 1867, p. 276. 



Subgenus A. Leopardns. Jaguars, Ocelots, etc. 



Felis oncn cenfniliK (Mearns). 



Felis centralis Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 1901, p. 139. 

 Felis onca centralis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 446, pis. xLii and xliii. 

 ZooL Ser. 

 Costa Rica Jaguar. 



Type locality. Talamanca, Costa Rica. 



Geogr. Distr. Costa Rica, north to Honduras, Central America. 



Fi'lis oni'(( herncmdezi (Gray). 



Leopardns hernandezii Gray, Proc ZooL Soc, 1857, p. 278. 

 Felis onca Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901. 

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