1875.] Cats. 27 



Fam. Felidae. 



Cats^ 



52. Felis tigms (J. 104). 



Felts tigris, Lin. ; Tigris regulis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. Kya, Arakan. 

 The Tiger. Common in the forests. 



53. F. PAEDUS (J. 105). 



Felis pardus, Lin.; Zeopardus pardus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. Theet-kya, 

 Arakan. 



The Pard. Also common ; and black individuals not rare in the Southern 

 Tenasserim provinces and Malayan peninsula. 



*54. F. MACBOCELIS (J. 107). 



Felis maerocelis, Temminck ; F. diardi, JF. Cuvier. 



The .clouded Tiger-cat. A skin has been obtained in the mountains which 

 separate Arakan from Pegu, and the species is probably of general occurrence 

 in the higher mountain forests. Crawfurd noticed a dressed skin of it in the 

 market at Bangkok. As the animal increases in age, its ground-hue 

 becomes more fulvescent, and there is much individual variation in its 

 markings. I have never seen it from the Malayan peninsula, but it in- 

 habits Sumatra and Borneo, as likewise the Eastern Himalayas, and the 

 islands of Formosa and Hainan ; doubtless, therefore, the intervening 

 countries generally in suitable localities. Hodgson notes it from Tibet ! 



55. F. vrvEEKnrA (J. 108). 

 Felis viverrina, Bennet, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 68. 



The fishing Tiger-cat. Tenasserim provinces, and probably the lowlands 

 generally of British Burma ; also Camboja, S. China, Formosa, and all suit- 

 able parts of India, with Ceylon. This animal has coarse fur, for a Felis, 

 and chiefly inhabits low watery situations, where it preys much on fish. 



*56. F. TnSTOATA(J. 110). 

 Felis undata, Demarest. Theet-leyormg, Arakan. 



The Leopard-cat. Generally diffused. Specimens from Arakan and 

 Tenasserim present the ordinary colours of Indian examples, with the 

 body-markings resembling those of Genetta a/ra. Dr. Gray describes F. 

 tenasserimensis* but I cannot perceive that the flat skin upon which this 

 is founded differs from ordinary F. undata. 



* P. Z. S. 1867, p. 400. 



