94 • WILD CAT. Class I. 



GENUS VIII. CAT. 



Toes, five before; four behind. 

 , Claws, sharp hooked, lodged in a sheath, but 

 may be exerted at pleasure. 

 Head round; visage, short; tongue, rough. 



12. Wild. Felis pilis ex fusco flavlcante Morton Northampt. 443. 



et albido variegatis vestita, Gesner qicad. 325. 



Cauda annulis alternatim ni- Catus sylvestris ferus vel fe- 



gris et ex sordide albo flavi- ralis eques arborum, Klein. 



C2ir\iih\xsc\nc\.'i. Brisson quad. quad. 75. 



]f)2. Br. Zool. 22. Hist, quad, 



De Bnffon Tom.\\. 20. Tal\ 1. No. ig5. 

 Felis Catus. Cm. Lin. 80. 



Brit. Cath goed Germ, Wilde katze, Boumritter 



Fren. Le Chat Sauvage Dan. Vild kat. 



Span. Gato Montis 



Jl his animal does not differ specifically from 

 the tame cat ; the latter being originally of the 

 same kind, but altered in color, and in some 

 other trifling accidents, as are common to ani- 

 mals reclamed from the woods and domesticated. 

 The cat in its savage state is three or four 

 times as large as the house-cat ; the head larger, 

 and the face flatter. The teeth and claws, tre- 

 mendous : its muscles very strong, as being 



