SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Felis Leo. Lin. and of the Ancients.. 



Le Lion, Buff. Hist. Nat. t. 9. Lion of the English. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 97, A a7id B. Buff. I. c.pl. 1 and 2, &c. 



Var. a. Senegal Lion. Fur lighter and brighter. F. Cu- 

 vier. Mam. Lithog, 



Icon. jf^. Cuvier, I. c. 



Var. b. South African Lion, with a black mane, and 

 round, thick, bull-dog like head. 



Var. c. Asiatic Lion, rather less than the African Lions ; 

 mane yellow, and much more scanty. 



Inhabits Africa generally, and the southern parts of 

 Asia, though more rarely. 



418. 2. F. Concolor, (the Puma.) Uniformly yellow, 

 without mane or tuft at the end of the tail. 



Felis Concolor, Lin. Tigris fulva, Brisson, Regn. An. 

 272. Le Cougouar, Buff. Hist. Nat. t. 9. Gouazouara, 

 d'^Azara, Anim. du Paraguay. Cougoua, Puma, or Ame- 

 rican Lion of the English. 



Icon. Screb. tab. 104. Buf. I. c. ipl. 19, Shaw, Pennant. 



Inhabits the warm and temperate parts of America. 



** Large Cats, with transverse stripes. 



419. 3. F. Tigris^ (the Tiger.) Yellow above; white 

 underneath ; striped on the body with irregular, narrow, 

 black bands ; hairs about the cheeks very long. 



Felis Tigris, Lin. and of the Ancients. 



Le Tigre, Buf. Hist. Nat. t. 9. 



Tiger of the English. 



Icon. Screb. t. 98. Buff. /. c. pi. 9. F. Cuvier, Mam. 

 Lithog. &c. 



Inhabits Southern and Central Asia. 



Var. a. White, with the stripes indicated by a more 

 opaque white. 



Icon, nobis. 



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