1908.] 



THE SUMATRAN TIGER. 



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and separates the white patch on the front of the upper lip from 

 the white of the cheek. 



Except for the multiplication and duphcation of the stripes, 

 this specimen seems to agree with other Sumatran Tigers that 

 have been described. In his Monograph of the Felidse, for example, 

 Elliot remarks that Sumatran Tigers are smaller than Indian 

 examples and do not exhibit any white about the face and throat, 

 those parts being buif, while the general colour is dark red, but 

 Avith the stripes distributed in the typical style. 



Text-fig. 174. 



Sumatran Tiger (from a specimen now living in the Societj''s Gardens). 



Our Sumatran Tiger is also small. His age is uncertain, 

 however, and he may be no more than about three years old. His 

 weight is probably only about half that of our large Indian Tiger. 

 He stands about 29 inches at the shoulders. 



The Sumatran Tiger was originally named Felis tigris nigra by 

 Lesson (Nouv. Tabl. R. Anim., Mamm. p. 50, 1842.) But since no 

 description was subjoined, nigra must be regarded as a nomen 

 nudum. Fitzinger subsequently described it as Tigris sondaica 

 (SB. kais. Akad. Wien, Iviii. pt. i. p. 454, 1868), and this name 

 has been universally and correctly adopted. 



Our Sumatran specimen i-esembles in the natin-e of its stripes 

 the Persian Tiger described and figured by Dr. Heck (Lebende 



