SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Sub-var. d. Angora Cat (F. C. Angerousis, Lin. Buff. t. 6. 

 pi. 5.) Fur long, soft, and silky ; generally white, but some- 

 times patched ; the eyes frequently of different colours. 



The New Spain Cat is probably a variety of the common 

 species. 



Lynxes, or middle-sized Cats, with shortish tails, and gene- 

 rally pencilled ears. 



450. 34:. Felis Caracal (the Caracal.) Uniformly vinous 

 red above, white underneath; tail reaching to the heels; 

 ears strongly pencilled, black on the outside, white within. 



Lynx of the Ancients. Felis Caracal, Lin. 



Caracal a longue queue, Buff. Sup. in. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 110. Buff\ t. 9. pi. 24. Sup. in. t. xiv. 



Inhabits the northern parts of Africa, south-eastern parts 

 of Asia, and Bengal. 



There appear to be several hereditary, as well as casual 

 varieties of this animal, as the Caracal of Algiers of Bruce, 

 without pencil to the ears, and with longitudinal stripes. 

 The Caracal of Nubia, of the same traveller, with a rounder 

 head, and the ears black on the outside mixed with white ; 

 and the Caracal of Bengal, of Edwards, with a longer tail 

 than the ordinary variety. 



451. 35. F. Chaus (the Booted Lynx.) Uniformly yel- 

 lowish gray ; hind part of the legs black ; tail reaching (a 

 the heels, annulated with black to its extremity ; ears brown 

 without, white within, terminated with a pencil of black 

 hairs. 



Felischaus, Guldenst. 'Nov. Annum. Petrop. xx. p. 483. 

 Felis Lybicus, Olivier, Voyage en Egypt. 



Booted Lynx, Bruce, Travels, vol. 



Icon. Guldenst. as above, pi. 14 and 15. Bruce as above, 

 pi. 30. Olivier, pi. 41. 



Inhabits Abyssinia, Nubia, and the adjoining parlsof Asia. 



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