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beginning to end, unlike that of the Jaguar, which has the 

 open oblong marks some way down, and is terminated by 

 annuli of black, yellow, and white, running round it. The 

 forehead, cheeks, sides of the neck, shoulders, throat, and 

 inside of the limbs, are covered with numerous, close, small 

 spots, and there is a narrow black bar crosses the lower part 

 of the throat. 



The animal stands higher than the Great Jaguar, though 

 it is lighter and slenderer, in which respect it approaches 

 the Felis Jubata, though it is much larger, in proportion, 

 than that species. The head is smaller than that of the 

 Jaguar, and, in that respect, agrees with the known spe- 

 cies of the Old World. 



Its native country was unknown, but it had lived in the 

 menagerie of the Elector. 



The characters of this animal, which seem intermediate 

 between the American Jaguar and its large spotted conge- 

 ners of the Old World, though diverging from both in the 

 uniformity of the ground colour, seem to accord considerably 

 with the prevailing notion of the Panther of antiquity, 

 when considered as distinct from the Leopard. The present 

 apparent rarity of the animal, however, militates against 

 the idea of its identity with the Panther, hundreds of which 

 were frequently collected together at a time in Rome. It 

 may be observed, however, that none of these animals are 

 now imported from Syria, whence the Romans drew a great 

 number, and where they still are, according to Dr. Clark. 



We have felt constrained, with Major Smith's permission, 

 who drew the animal, to apply it to the Panther of an- 

 tiquity, but with a mark of doubt. After all, the ancients, 

 who were no great zoologists, may have applied the words 

 Panther, and Pard, or Leopard, to all the larger Spotted 

 Cats indifferently, to the Common Panther and Leopard of 

 our menagerie, the present animal, the Felis Jubata, the 



