FELIS SUMATRANA. 



and with several transverse bands on the throat and breast ; but it exhibits the fol- 

 lowing peculiarities. The general colour is ferruginous, inclining to yellowish-gray, 

 more intense on the back, the crown of the head, and the upper part of the tail ; 

 paler on the sides, and passing into whitish-gray on the cheeks, breast, abdomen, 

 and the interior of the thighs and legs. The spots on the sides of the body are 

 angular, and scattered almost without regularity, very different from the longitudinal, 

 nearly parallel lines which exist in the Felis javanensis : it is difficvilt indeed to 

 convey by words a correct idea of their arrangement, and I must therefore refer, in 

 illustration of the description, to the figure in which they are carefully represented 

 by Mr. Daniell, as they exist on the animal. The colour of the spots is intensely 

 brown, inclining to black. On the anterior portion of the back, between the shoulders, 

 we can trace the commencement of a series of irregularly transverse spots, stretching 

 obliquely across the sides of the belly. Immediately before these, and exterior to 

 the first of the marks which constitute the longitudinal line on the back, is a similar 

 triangular spot, but with more regularly defined sides ; a little below this, on the 

 sides of the breast, are three triangular spots, placed in regular succession, and in 

 contact with each other ; they all present one of their points backward, and meet 

 the last of the spots of the obliquely transverse series above mentioned, which 

 is followed by three other spots, more lengthened, and pointing backward. 

 Between this series and the streaks on the back, several spots are disposed, 

 of an irregular oblong form : the marks on the flanks follow in succession, 

 but are irregular in size and forin, and on the lower part of the abdomen 

 they are rounded, and smaller. As the various longitudinal series approach 

 the lower part of the back and the thighs, they increase in number, so as almost 

 to cover those parts, which have a more intense colour, with irregularly oblong 

 sjjots. The limbs are marked with lines, disposed at small distances ; they are narrow, 

 and interrupted : on the anterior extremities, several large irregularly rounded spots 

 are scattered through these. Towards the feet the colour is more uniformly rufous, 

 and the marks are more minute and indistinct. The interior of the limbs is marked 

 with two transverse lines, of unequal breadth, in the same manner as the Felis 

 javanensis. On the upper part of the base of the tail, numerous narrow transverse 

 lines are crowded together ; they are more pale and distant in the middle, and the 

 extremity is viniformly brown. The face resembles that of Felis javanensis, but the 

 cheeks, as well as the breast, are paler, and on the former several minute spots are 

 scattered. The first grinder in the upper-jaw of our specimen is wanting ; in all 

 other respects the teeth agree with those of Felis javanensis, which is also the case 

 with the eyes, ears, and whiskers. 



It is denominated by the Malays Rimau hulu, and is one of the various species 

 of Felis which are found on the Island of Sumatra. See T. S. Raffles's Cat. of a 

 Zool. Coll. made in Sumatra. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 249. 



