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Hunting and Trapping—Snow-Leopard, or Ounce—Distribution and Habits—Jaguar 
—Distinctive Features and Dimensions—Its Prey—Animosity to the Puma—Lassoing 
Jaguars—Puma—Its Colour and Size—Adaptability to Climates—Attacks on Horses— 
Gentleness to Man—Food and Habits—Fossil Pumas—Clouded Leopard—Marbled Cat 
—Golden Cat—Fishing Cat—Its Habits and Daring—Leopard-Cat—Serval—Rusty- 
Spotted Cat — Flat-Headed Cat — Ocelot —Its Remarkable Variability — Margay — 
Jaguarondi—Eyra—lIts Weasel-like Form—Colocollo—Cattfre, or Egyptian Cat—Its 
“Relation to Domestic Cats—Wild Cat—lIts Present Rarity in Britain—Fierceness of its 
Disposition—Pallas’s Cat—Indian Desert Cat—Domestic Cats—Different Views as to 
their Origin—Various Colours—Persian, or Angora Breed—Siamese Cat—Manx Cat 
—Mombas Cat—Pampas Cat—Jungle-Cat—Caracal—Lynx—Distribution and Races 
of Lynxes—Northern Lynx—Canada Lynx—Bay Lynx—Pardine Lynx—Hunting- 
Leopard (Cynelurus)— Name Chita not exclusively applicable to this Species—Capturing 
Black-Buck with Tamed Hunting-Leopards—Extinct Cats, : : : . 3849 
CHAPTER XIV.—CarRnivorEs,—continued. 
Civets, AARD-WoLF, AND Hynas.—The Civet Tribe (Viverride)—Fossa (Cryptoprocta)— 
True Civets (Viverra)—African Civet—Indian Civet—Burmese Civet—Javan Civet— 
Rasse—Genets (Genetta)—Linsangs (Linsang)—Palm-Civets (Paradoxurus)—Indian 
Palm-Civet—Malay Palm-Civets—Chinese Palm-Civet—Small-Toothed Palm-Civets 
(Arctogale) — Hemigales (Hemigale)— African Palm-Civet (Nandinia) — Binturong 
(Arctictis)—Cynogale (Cynogale)—Mungooses (Herpestes)—Egyptian Mungoose—Indian 
Mungoose, and its Encounters with Snakes—Introduction’ of Mungooses into Sugar 
Plantations—Crab-Eating Mungoose— Other Species—Four-Toed Mungooses (Cynictis)— 
Smooth-Nosed Mungooses(Rhinogale)—Cusimanse (Crossarchus)—The Meerkat (Suricata) 
and its Interesting Habits—-Madagascar Mungooses (Galidictis and Hupleres)—Extinct 
Civet-like Animals—Aard-Wolf (Proteletde)—Hyenas (Hyenide)—Characteristics— 
Striped Hyzena—Brown Hyzna—Spotted Hyzena—Extinct Species, . : . 448 
CHAPTER XV.—CarnivoreEs,—continued. 
THE Doc TriBe (Canide).—General Characteristics, Distribution and Habits—Extent of the 
yenus (Canis)—The Wolf—Its Numerous Varieties and Wide Distribution—Habits 
—Indian Wolf—Coyote—Antarctic Wolf—Kaberu—Jackals—Black-Backed Jackal— 
Side-Striped Jackal—Dingo—Domestic Dogs—Origin—Eskimo Dog—Hare Indian Dog 
—Pomeranian Dog—Sheep-Dog—Collie—Drover’s Dog—Pariah Dogs—English Grey- 
hound—Italian Greyhound—Deerhound—Irish Wolf-Dogs—Other Greyhounds— 
Hairless Dogs—Lurchers—Field-Spaniels—Irish Water-Spaniel—Setters—Retrievers 
— Newfoundlands— Bloodhound —Staghound — Foxhound — Harrier — Otterhound — 
Beagle—Turnspit—Dachshund—Pointer—Dahnatian Dog—Mastiff—Bull-Dog—Bull- 
Terrier—Boarhound—Pugs—Tibet Dog—Fox-Terrier—Irish Terrier—Skye-Terrier— 
Dandie Dinmont — Yorkshire Terrier—English Terrier— Poodle— Maltese Dog— 
Mexican Lap-Dog—Asiatie Wild Dog—Siberian Wild Dog—Indian Wild Dog—Malay 
Wild Dog—Extinct Species—Maned Wolf—Azara’s Wild Dog—Crab-Eating Dog— 
Short-Eared Dog—Raccoon Dog—The Foxes—The Common Fox—Grey Fox—Kit Fox 
Arctic Fox—Desert Fox—Corsac Fox—Indian Fox—Hoary Fox—Asse Fox—Pale Fox 
— Ruppell’s Fennee—Common Fennec —Cape Hunting-Dog (Lycaon) — Bush-Dog 
(Icticyon)—Lalande’s Dog (Octocyon)—Extinct Dogs, : : : : . 492 
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