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the Primates. The chister contains many papillae in Felis pardics, 

 F. nehulosa, F. bengalensis, F. concolor, and Cyncelurus jiobatus. 

 It contains few papillae in F. leo, F. tigris, F. viverrina, and 

 F. sylvesti'is. No apical fungiforms are present in F. pardahs. 

 The fungiforms situated along the sides of the oral part of the 

 dorsum also vary. They are absent in some examples of F. leo, 

 moderately developed in F. sylvestris, F. pardalis, and F. concolor, 

 and numerous in F. jjardus, F. nehulosa, F. viverrina, F. benga- 

 lensis, and Cyncelurus jiobatus. No papillae are present in the 

 spinous patch, except in F. caracal (text-fig. 20). On the dorsum 

 behind the spinous patch there are insignificant or prominent 

 fungiform papillae ; they are poorly developed in F. leo, F. tigris, 

 F. viverrina, F. pardalis, and Cyncelurus jubatus ; they are present 



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The divisions of the iEluroid tongue (A.) and the characters of the papillae 

 clavatse (B.). F. domest. : domestic cat ; 'F. sylv. -. wild cat ; a papillse 

 with a taste-bud greatly magnified is seen in the lower right-hand corner. 



in moderate numbers in F. pardus, numerous in F. nehulosa and 

 F. ca-ffra, and very prominent in F. sylvestris. 



On the posterior parts of the lateral parts of the dorsum there 

 is sometimes a row of finger-like or clubbed papillae for which I 

 propose the name of papillae clavatae (text-fig. 16 A and B). They 

 lie in the position of the lateral organs, and tbey appear to be 

 modified fungiform papillae. Histological examination reveals the 

 presence of taste-buds in their epithelium. They aie useful for 

 purposes of classification, being present only in Felts domestica, 

 F. sylvestris, F. cafra, and F. caracal. Until material comes to 

 hand I am unable to state whether they occur in F. chaus and 

 F. lynx. They are relatively largest in F. caracal. 



Watson and Young (33) stated that the fungiform papillae are 



