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** Nose on the smne plane as the forehead. 

 2. Leo. 



Head, neck, sides of body, and legs maned. Tail elongate, tufted 

 at the end. Pupil round. Skull : nose on the. same plane as the 

 forehead ; nasals flat, nearly as long as maxillae. The orbits of the 

 skull moderate, incomplete behind. 



Leo nobilis. 



Felis leo, Linn, 



Leo africanus et L. persicus, Swains. 



L. garnbianus. Gray. 



L. (joorgrattensis, Ginel. Ike. 



Blainv, Osteogr. Fells, t. 5 & 9. 



Ilab. Asia ; Africa. 



Skull: length 14| inches, width 9'^ inches. 



3. Tigris. 



Cheeks with spreading whiskers. Tail elongate, tapering at the 

 end. Pupil round. Skull : nose on same ])lane as the forehead ; 

 orbits of the skull moderate, incomplete behind. Nasals very large, 

 reaching beyond the back edge of the maxillae. Liternal nostrils 

 broad. Palate truncated behind. 



Tigris regalis. 



Felis tigris, Linn, 



Blainv. Osteogr. Felis, t. 7. 



Hah. Asia. 



Skull: length 14 inches, widih I0| inches. 



4. Leopardus. 



Hair of head and neck uniform. Tail elongate (rarely shorter 

 than the body). Pupil round. Orbits of the skull moderate, in- 

 complete behind. Nose on same plane as the forehead. The upper 

 j)rocess of the intermaxilla very narrow, and much produced up the 

 side of the maxilla, often one-third the length of the nasal. 



f Large rose-spotted Leopards. 

 I. Leopardus I'ARDUS. 



Felis leopardus, F. varia, et F. nncia, Schreb. 

 F. jjardus, Linn. 

 F. panthera, Erxl. 

 F. chulyheata, Herni. 

 F. 7ninor, Ehr. 

 F. antiipwrum, Fischer. 

 F. pcecilvra, Valenc. 

 F. jHflceoj)(trdi(s, Fitz. 

 Blainv. Osteogr. Felis, I. N ; Tciiim. .Muuc.gr. t. \l. I. I, '_'. 



