206 MR. R. I. POCOCK ON THE [ Mar. 2, 
of the teeth show that they are not skulls of old Leopards, and 
suggest that they might have grown even larger if the animals 
had not been killed. In one indeed (No. 3) the occipital suture 
is still open. The locality proves practically beyond doubt that 
they belong to the tropical West African race of the Leopard 
(felis pardus) which should be called /. pardus leopardus*. 
Text-fig. 23. 
Skull of Leopard (Felis pardus pardus) trom Mhow, C.P., India. Ventral view. 
(No. 9 in table on page 208.) 
From the largest Leopard’s skull in the collection of the Society, 
they exhibit some very striking differences as the subjoined table 
* Pocock, P. Z. S. 1907, p. 675. 
