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3. Felis caligata, Temminck. 



Felis caligata sive bubastes, Blainv. 



bubastes, Ehr. & Hemp. (Symb. Phya.). 



cafra sive caffra, Desmarest, Gray. 



" Caracal de Libye," Buffon. 



" Booted Lynx," Bruce. 



Chaus coffer. Gray, B. M. Cat. 



4. Felis maniculata, Eiippell. 

 Felis riippelli, Schinz. 



To which might perhaps be added : — 



5. Felis catus {fera), Linn. 



6. Felis catus magna, Schmerling. 



As my comparison has been necessarily limited to the lower jaw and teeth, I 

 will confine what I have to remark to these parts alone, which appear amply sufiicient 

 for the purpose of diagnosis. 



Of the species above enumerated, that whose lower jaw most closely resembles the 

 Gibraltar specimen is F. caligata s. hubastes, as represented in M. de Blainville's figure i, 

 which has been taken from a mummified specimen. Comparison of this figure with 

 that of the Gibraltar specimen (PI. III. fig. 6) will at once demonstrate their almost 

 exact resemblance. It will be useful also to compare M. de Blainville's figures of the 

 lower jaw of F. senalis, F. chaus (mummy) (which seem to me to belong to the same 

 species), F. manicuJata fera, and F. catus fera, together with Dr. Schmerling's figure 

 of the jaw of F. catus magna, which, although the teeth are, or appear in the figure 

 to be, rather smaller, seems to me to be identical with the Serval. 



The several Odontograms of these Cats (PI. XXVII.) will further serve to show the 

 differences and resemblances amongst them as regards the dentition ; whilst those of 

 the recent and mummified F. caligata, compared with that of the Gibraltar specimen, 

 will further demonstrate so far the identity of these three forms. 



Besides this comparison with published figm-es, I have carefully contrasted the 

 Gibraltar jaw with that of the so-termed Chaus caffer, Gray (857 A, B. M.) from the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



The jaw and teeth are exactly of the same size. In fact there is no perceptible 

 difference between them ; and it is clear that whatever may be the species to which the 

 Museum specimen (procured from M. Verreaux) belongs, the Gibraltar one is the 

 same. The only difi"erence worth noticing is the circumstance that the coronoid process 

 is narrower at the bottom in the latter ; but both have the same slope of the coronoid 



' Osteographie, PI. xlvii. {Felis, xix.). 



