SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES OP MAMMALIA. 



*** Large Cats of the Old World, the body covei'ed with 

 large, irregular patches. 



420. 4. F. Nebulosa, (the Clouded Tiger.) Head small ; 

 body long, heavy, and cylindrical ; legs thick, short, and 

 muscular; tail very thick, long, and annulated; body co- 

 vered with large, irregular patches, forming enclosures, 

 deeper than the ground colour, but lighter than the edge. 



Felis Nebulosa, Griffith, Animal Kingdom. Felis Mi- 

 crocelis, Horsfield, Zool. Journal, No. 4. 



Tortoiseshell Tiger, Griffith, I. c. Remau-daham, Su- 

 mairess. 



Icon. Griffith, I. c. and Horsfield, I. c. 



Inhabits Sumatra, China ? 



Obs. It is not improbable that the individuals here spe- 

 cifically identified, may belong to separate varieties located 

 in Sumatra and China. 



**** Large Cats, with roundish black spots, or clusters. 



421. 5. i^t?/u Jag-war, (the Jaguar.) Yellow above, and 

 white about the belly ; body marked, with open circles of 

 black, containing a central black dot ; the circles disposed 

 in five or six parallel horizontal lines. 



Felis On9a, Gm. Tigris Americana, ^o/u'ar; Yagouarete 

 d'Azara, Quad, of Paraguay; Onza, Marograve ; Panthere 

 femelle, Buff. t. 9. 



The Panther of Exhibitors and Furriers. 



Icon. D'Azara, Voyage au Paraguay, f. F. Cuvier, 

 Lithog. Geoffroy, Ann. Mus. t. 4. tab. 94. 



Inhabits America. 



Var. a. Difl'ering from the above in being larger and 

 stouter, the Jaquarete Pope of d'Azara. 



Var. b. Brown black, with the spots blacker. 



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