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of the tail, 10| inches, or 11^ with the hair : mean height, 15 : weight 

 17 lbs. 



Observations. This species is affined to the Viverrse by the form of 

 its facs, and to the Lynxes, by the shortness of its tail, which extends 

 but little below the os calcis. But it has no further resemblance to 

 either : its ears being noticeably short and untufted ; its body, full, and 

 its limbs, strong and of medial length. The females are nearly as 

 large as the males, to which they bear a close external likeness. In 

 the catalogue, this animal is called a variety of the Serval ; but the 

 inspection of several specimens has satisfied me of its specific novelty. 

 It is distinctly described in the catalogue, though summarily. The 

 intestinal canal is more than three times the length of the body, and 

 the caecum is an inch long, with the diameter of the large gut, which 

 is sensibly more capacious than the small. 



Genus, Felis. Subgenus, Lynchus. 



Species, L. Erythrotus. Red-eared Lynx, mihi. 



Habitat, all the three regions of Nipal, and abundant in all. 



Lynx. Above, pale earthen brown, with a lively tinge of rusty red : 

 below, clear, but pale ferruginous ; the body, immaculate ; the cubits on 

 both aspects, and the femora externally, crossed with blackish zigzag 

 lines ; tail slender, attenuated, and reaching one inch below the os cal- 

 cis , concolorous with the body towards the base, but towards the tip, 

 paler and canescent, encircled with four or five blackish rings, and tipt 

 with black ; lips, jaw, and a zone round the eye, posteally, pure white. 

 Ears, externally intense, rusty red, with black tip and small pencil of 

 the same hue ; their lining, rufescent white ; feet, from the os calcis 

 and top of the wrist, downwards, pale rusty, immaculate, and black- 

 ened posteally. 



Snout to rump, 22 inches ; mean height, 16 inches; length of tail, 

 10, without the hair, 1 1 with it ; weight, 14 lbs. 



Remarks. The female in this species is considerably less than the 

 male, but neither sex nor nonage affects the marking of the animals. 

 An imperfect state of the fur does so : for when the red-eared Lynx 

 is moulting (so to speak), the sides of the body exhibit some vague, 

 wavy, stripes, having a subvertical direction. 



The tufts of the ears are always present, and the molar teeth have 

 tubercles on the inner side, notwithstanding the general assertion of 

 authors that the Lynxes want them. His lengthened limbs, large 

 pencilled ears, and shortish tail proclaim this animal a Lynx. His 

 resemblance indeed to the Chaus of Ruppex is so very striking, that in 

 the catalogue I identified him with that species. From the examin- 

 ation of numberless specimens, 1 am now satified, however, that our ani- 

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