FELID&. FELIS. 145 
Claws retractile, long, sharp, curved, compressed; feet digitigrade, 
five toes on fore feet, four on hind; soles hairy; pads naked; tongue 
covered with sharp, hornlike papilla, pointing backward; only one 
true molar on each side above and below, and two inferior pre- 
molars; upper carnassial (posterior premolar) very large, with a tri- 
lobed blade, and a small inner tubercle with separate root; lower 
carnassial (true molar) a large, compressed, sharp blade with two 
subequal lobes, without inner cusp; canines long, curved, acute, 
edges trenchant; skull short, broad; facial portion short; zygomata 
very wide, arched; bulla large, smooth; clavicles not articulating 
with scapula or sternum. 
S5. Felis. 
hs: = C= =; Ps; M.- ; ae co} 
Rensilinn..ovst. Nat: 1, 2758, p. 40; 1, 1706, p) 6c. Type Fels 
catus Linneeus. 
Linx (sic) Frisch. Das Natur-syst. vierftiss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 
nomabar Gen. 1775. 
Lynx Kerr, Anim. Kingd. Syst. Catal., between pp. 32-33, 1792, 
descs p.155, Wann, sim. Month. Mac. 1, 1807, pwas9z 
Lynchus Jard., Nat. Libr. Mamm., 11, 1834, pp. 274-275. 
Puma Jard., Nat. Libr., Mamm., 11, 1834, p. 266. 
Faguirtus Servertz., Rev. Mag. Zodl., 2me Sér., x, 1858, p. 386-390 
Lynchatlurus Servertz., Rev. Mag. Zodl., 2me Sér., x, 1858, p. 
386-390. 
Nocttjelis Servertz., Rev. Mag. Zodl., 2me Sér., x, 1858, p. 386-390. 
Onetfelts Servertz., Rev. Mag. Zool., 2me Sér., x, 1858, p. 386-390. 
Herpatlurus Severtz., Rev. Mag. Zoodl., 2me Sér., x, 1858, p. 385. 
Leopardus Gray, Proc. Zo6él. Soc., 1867, p. 263. 
Margay Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1867, p. 271. 
Rordalis Gray. Proc Zool: Soc:; 1867,.p. 27 2. 
Cervarta Gray, Proc. Zool Soc., 1867, p. 270: 
Tail long, exceeding half the length of the body without head 
and neck; anterior premolar small. 
KEY TO THESSUBGENERA. 
A. Tail about the length of the body without 
head. PAGE 
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B. Tailabout half the length of body without head. 
Gee AGULES UMS pOLbed young spotted) s..4.....505-454- Felis 454 
C. Tail less than half the length of body without 
head. 
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