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THE CHETAH, OR HUNTING LEOPARD. 
FELIS JUBATA. ScureEs. 
Unirine to the system of dentition, the general habit 
and many of the most striking peculiarities of the cats, 
some of the distinguishing features and much of the 
intelligence, the teachableness, and the fidelity of the 
dog, the Hunting Leopard forms a sort of connecting 
link between two groups of animals, otherwise com- 
pletely separated, and exhibiting scarcely any other 
character in common than the carnivorous propensities 
by which both are, in a greater or less degree, actuated 
and inspired. Intermediate in size and shape between 
the leopard and the hound, he is slenderer in his body, 
more elevated. on his legs, and less flattened on the fore 
