628 MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE MAMMALS. [June 23, 
its rump and tail, but not more than might be attributable to indi- 
vidual variation. 
At Foochow and Ningpo Tigers have also shown themselves in 
the surrounding country, and the animal is well known to the natives 
throughout China as the Lao-hoo. 
The Tiger in the north of China grows to a very large size, seven 
to eight feet from snout to tail, and is clothed with much longer and 
denser hair. Skins of this northern race are brought to the port 
of Newchwang from Mantchuria. I exhibited one of them at the 
meeting of this Society on the 13th of January, 1870, and pointed 
out its peculiarities (see anted, p. 3). This skin is now in the 
British Museum ; but it will be necessary to procure a skull to de- 
termine whether there really is sufficient difference to justify sepa- 
rating the Tiger of the snows from the Tiger of the tropics. 
37. Fevis pArDus (Linn.) (Leopard.) 
Leopardus pardus, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 263. 
Found in various parts of South China. Judging from skins 
procured at Canton, the Chinese race is of a much richer yellow 
colour, and has the spots larger and blacker than is usually seen in 
skins from India. 
Leopardus japonensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 262 (L. chinensis, 
Gray, P. Z.S. 1867, p. 264), is the representative form in North 
China and Mantchuria (see anted, p. 4). 
38. Feuis MAcCROCELIS (Temminck). (Clouded Tiger.) 
Neofelis macrocelis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 265. 
Leopardus brachyurus, Swinhoe, P. Z. 8. 1862. p. 352. 
The acquisition of a skull and a properly siuffed animal during 
my last sojourn in Formosa satisfactorily proves that the insular 
form of “ Clouded Tiger” is merely a small race of that of the Con- 
tinent. My specimen was a male, and measured from the snout to 
the root of the tail 28 inches, tail 23. Its head is small, and its 
feet large. It is of a rich buff ochre colour, with deep-black spots 
and markings. Underparts nearly white, with large brownish-black 
markings. 
A large flat skin of a female, brought at the same time, was of a 
paler and yellower tinge ; and that of a younger animal was brighter 
still, with a green wash over the yellow, the fur being longer and 
shaggier than in the two adults. 
39. Freuis viverrina, Bennett. (Asiatic Wild Cat.) 
Viverriceps bennettii, Gray, P. Z.S. 1867, p. 268, fig. 5 (skull) ; 
Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 7. 
The flat skin I brought home from Formosa in 1862 was identified 
with this species. I have not since succeeded in getting an entire 
animal; so it is not certain whether ours is the same as the Hima- 
layan species. Flat skins like the Formosan are also procurable in 
shops in South China. 
