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long been known to inhabit the Caticasus, and which Dr. Severtzoff 
found in Turkestan at a considerable elevation. } 
6. *FELIs paRDINA, Temm. Ushek. 
Rare. A small skin was procured, anda very fine one seen at Kai- 
sariyeh. Canon Tristram has doubtfully referred the Wushak of the 
Arabs of Palestine to this species, which is also said to be common 
in European Turkey. In Asia Minor it appears to be generally 
much rarer than the Caracal, although Ainsworth records that no 
fewer than eight individuals were observed by his party in one day 
on Tchoktir Ovah, near Missisdh (Missis ?). 
7. *Pevis caracat, Linn. Kara koulak (black-ears), 
Skins were procured from the neighbourhood of Smyrna, where 
the Caracal is said to be tolerably common. Of these an adult is 
much grizzled in colour, owing to the development of the whitish 
tips of the hairs. Danford also met with it in the Taurus, where, as 
already observed, it is certainly the commonest species of Lynx. 
8. *Hyana srrrata, Zimm. Zyrtlan. 
Not uncommon near Smyrna and in the southern districts. A. 
specimen was procured at the village of Ortakkeui, between Nazlii 
and the ruins of Hierapolis. Ainsworth mentions that a white 
variety was observed by the Euphrates Expedition. 
[GeNETTA vuLeaRis, Less. 
The Genet is mentioned by Ainsworth as inhabiting the Taurus. 
It was not met with by Danford; but specimens taken by Canon 
Tristram in Palestine are in the British Museum. } 
9. *HerRrestrs 1cHNEUMON (Linn.). Yer hkiopek (earth-dog). 
One specimen only of this animal was procured ; it was shot 
among the reeds on a small stream which flows into the Kutchuk 
Mendere (little Meander), not far from Ephesus. It is no doubt 
not uncommon in many localities ; in Palestine Canon Tristram found 
it in incredible numbers. 
10. *Canis Lupus, Linn. Kurt, Yanovar. 
Generally common throughout the country. The Black Wolf, 
separated by Schreber as C. lycaon, appears to occur in the moun- 
tains of the south-eastern districts; for Tchihatcheff saw some skins in 
the Antitaurus, in the house of a Turkish hunter, who assured him 
that he had killed the animals himself, and Black Wolves were seen 
by the Euphrates Expedition on the banks ‘of the Sajur. 
11. *Canis aurzus, Linn. Schakal. 
Generally common, especially in the south. 
12. *Canis vunpss, Linn.? Telki. 
Common in the mountains of the Taurus, and generally distri- 
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