1863. j species of the genus felis. 183 



4. Felis pardus, L. 



F. leopardus et F. varia, Schreber. ^ 



F. nimr, Ehrenberg. I 



F. panthera, Erxlebeu. | 



F. antiquorum, Fischer. y(auct. Gray). 



F. melas, Peron. 



F. chalybeata, Hermann. 



F./usca, Meyer. 



F. longicaudata, F. Cuvier. 



F. poecilura (?), Valenciennes. 



The Pard, Panther, or Leopard. 



Hab. S. Asia and Africa ; commonly miscalled " Tiger" in Africa 

 and also in Ceylon. In the Malayan region, it inhabits the peninsula, 

 Sumatra, and Java ; but not Borneo. 



5. Felis uncia, Schreber. 



F. pardus, Pallas. 



F. panthera, Erxleben (auct. Gray). 

 F. irbis, Ehrenberg. 



F. tulliana, Valenciennes, Comptes Rendus, xlii. 1035. 

 The Ounce, or " Snow Leopard." 



Hab. Snowy regions of Middle Asia. The animal described by 

 M. Valenciennes was procured in the mountains east of Smyrna. 



6. Felis japonensis. 



Leopardus japonensis. Gray, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 262, pi. xxxiii. 

 Hab. Japan. 



7. Felis diardii, Desmoulins ; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. 



F. macrocelis, Temminck. 



F. macroceloides, Hodgson. 



F. nebulosa, Griffith. 



Hab. Mountainous parts of South-east Asia, with the islands of 

 Sumatra and Borneo ; Tibet (auct. Hodgson). 



N.B. The ground-colour of this animal becomes much more ful- 

 vous with age. 



8. Felis marmorata, Martin. 



F. charltoni. Gray. 



F. diardii, apud Jardine, Nat. Libr. 



F. ogilbii, Hodgson, Calc. Journ. N. H. viii. p. 44. 



Hab. Apparently the same range as the preceding species, or 

 perhaps not quite so extensive. And the ground-colour would simi- 

 larly appear to become more fulvous with age. 



9. Felis brachyura. 



Leopardus brachyurus, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 352, pi. xliii, 

 Hab. Formosa. 



