FELIS JAYANENSIS. 



Ord. III™? Carnassiers, Cuvier. 3"!'' Famille. Les Carnivores, 2"'? Tribu, 



Digitigrades. 

 Ord. III. Fer^, Limi. Syst. 

 Ord. XII. Falculata, Illiger. Fam. 35, Sanguinaria. 



FELIS, Limi. Briss. Erxleh. Cuv. Geoff. Illig. 



Char: Gen: — Denies Primores intermedii £equales. Molares supra utrinsecus qua- 

 tuor, tertius maximus, interius gradu lateral! auctus, quartus tritorius (aliis 

 nvillus). Infra vitrinsecus tres, tertius maximus. Rostrum breve, rhinario rotun- 

 dato. Lingua restorsum aculeata. FoUiculus supra anum nuUus. Pedes digiti- 

 gradi antice pentadactyli, postice tetradactyli. Ungjies : falculee acut£e retractiles. 



Felis Cauda abbreviata, corpore griseo-fusco, supra lineis quatuor fuliginosis dorso 

 interruptis, lateribus maculis oblongis abdomine maculis subrotundis notato, gula 

 fascia una, jugulo duabus fuliginosis. 



Kiiwuk, of the Javanese. 



Chat de Java, Cuv. Mem. sur les especes du genre chat, Ann. dii Mus. torn. 14, 

 pag. 159. n. 26. 



Felis javanensis, Desm. nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 



Felis javanensis, Encijcl. Method. Mammalogie, par M. A. G. Desmarest, 1820. 



The subject of this article belongs to a subdivision of the genus Felis, which 

 is characterized by a small size, somewhat elevated legs, a short tail, and by three 

 grinders only in each jaw. In discriminating the numerous species which are 

 arranged in this subdivision, a very careful comparison of the characters peculiar to 

 each is required ; and in the figure which illustrates this subject, great care has been 

 taken to afford an accurate representation of the Felis javanensis. Among the 

 Indian species it may be confounded with the Bengal Cat of Pennant, with Felis 

 Galeopardus of Desm. in Encycl., which is the Serval of M. Fred. Cuvier, and with 

 Felis undata of Desm. in Encycl, By means of an accurate description, accompanied 

 by a faithful drawing, contained in the Musevim of the Hon. East India Company, 

 I have ascertained the Bengal Cat to be considerably larger; to have a different 

 disposition of the marks on the breast, sides of the body, and tail, and different 

 habits and manners. The peculiar characters of the Serval are accurately represented 

 in the figure of M. Fred. Cuvier ; it is distinguished by a darker colour ; by the 



