FELIS GRACILIS. 



Ord. III°.^ Carnassiers, Cuvier. 

 Ord. III. FERiE, Linn. Syst 

 Ord. XII. Falculata, Illiger. 



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

 Character genericus. — Vide Felis javanensis. 



r Sect. Prionodontid^, Nob. 



Dentium formula : Incis. y, Canini ^, Molares 



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Molares omnes multicuspides, superiorum quartus maximus gradu lateral! mediocri 

 auctus, quintus tritorius. Infra g'Mmfti* maximus, acie externa postica longissima, 

 acutissima. Rostrum elongatum, rhinario prominulo. Corpus codario et piUs 

 densis vestitum. Cauda longissima. Pedes digitigradi pentadactyli. Ungues : 

 falculee retractiles parvae acuminatse. 



Felis Cauda elongata annulata cylindrica, corpore dUute-flavescente, fasciis dorsalibus 

 quatuor latissimis, analibus duabus angustis, striis lateralibus duabus latis, 

 cervicalibus angustis, maculis humeralibus et femoralibus pluribus, annulisque 

 caudee septem saturatissime fuscis. 



Delundung, of the Javanese. 



Viverra ? Linsang. Hardwicke in Linn. Trans. Vol. XIII. p. 235.* 



Before proceeding to the description of the subject of this article, ^Hftave^! 

 thought it proper to give a detailed comparative survey of the genera to which it is 

 nearest allied, in order to exhibit the views by which I have been guided in 

 pointing out its natural affinity. If I have been mistaken in the genus under 

 Avhich it is arranged, my object is still obtained, if I have shewn that it partakes 

 of the characters of Felis as well as of Viverra, and that, in a natural arrange- 

 ment, it stands between these two genera, or forms a link by which they are 

 connected. 



* General Hardwicke has, with a laudable zeal to extend our knowledge of Indian Zoology, which is greatly 

 indebted to his extensive researches, communicated, in 1820, a concise description of this interesting animal to the 

 Linnean Society. As the teeth in the specimen examined by him were wanting, the genus remained doubtful ; and as 

 his specific denomination is the native name of another Javanese animal, (a species of Lutra), it cannot with pro- 

 priety be applied to this ; and I have therefore substituted gracilis, as applying peculiarly to its form. 



