THE OCELOT. 5° 
Zoological Society, at their gardens in the Regent’s 
Park. There is one circumstance, however, of which it 
may be necessary to offer some explanation. We have 
stated the length of the tail at more than a foot; and 
in all the known Ocelots, as well as in all the species (of 
which there are several) that approach it in form and 
colouring, the proportionate length of the tail is at least 
equal to that which we have given as its average mea- 
surement. That of the Tower specimen, however, does 
not exceed six or seven inches; its extremity is com- 
pletely overgrown wiih hair, and there is no appearance 
of a cicatrix. Still its equality throughout, and: its 
abrupt stumpiness, if we may so express ourselves, 
induce the belief that this abbreviation of the tail is 
purely accidental; and we feel by no means inclined 
to regard the specimen before us as belonging to a new 
species, to be distinguished by the excessive shortness 
of that appendage, by the unusually pale colour of its 
markings, and by some slight peculiarities in the mode 
of their arrangement, which varies indeed in every 
individual that we have seen. 
The animal in question, accurately represented in the 
portrait which is prefixed to the present article, was 
presented by the late Sir Ralph Woodford, governor of 
Trinidad, about six months since, under the name of 
the Peruvian Tiger; from which denomination we may 
presume that it was originally brought from that part of 
the continent of America. ‘The species, however, is very 
widely spread, being found as well in Mexico, from the 
language of which country it derives its name, as in 
Paraguay. Its habits are similar to those of the other 
cats, keeping itself close in the depths of the forests 
