232 MAMMALIA. 



Felis caffra. 



Felis caffra, Desmarest Mamm. Suppl., p. 540 {1822) j Blyth Cat,, no. 185, 



p. 63 ; Elliot Monog. Felidae, no. 30. 

 Felis obscura, Desmarest Mamm,, p. 230 {1820). 

 Felis nigfipes, Burchell's Travels., ii, p. 592 (1824). 

 Felis maniculata, Cretzschmar Rupp ell's Atlas, i, pi. i (1S26). 

 Felis pulchella. Gray Charlesw. Mag. N. H., i, p. 577 (1837). 

 Chaus caffer, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 45 (1843). 

 Leopardus inconspicuus, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 44 (1843). 

 Felis caligata, Is. Geoff. St. Hil. Jacquemont Voyage, p. 49, pi. iii, fig. 2 (1844). 

 Felis lybica, Is. Geoff. St. Hil. JacquemoHt Voyage, p. 56 (1844). 

 Felis margarita, Locke Rev. Mag. Zool., (2), x, p. 49 (1858). 

 Felis inconspicua, Gray P. Z. S., p. 273 (1867) ; id, Cat. Cam. Mamm., 



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Distribution — Africa from Algeria to the Cape. 



fl. Stuffed Cape Colony E. L. Layard, A.S.B. 



b. Skull ... A.S.B. 



Felis catus. 



Felis catus, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 62 (1776) ; Blasius Sdugetk. 

 Deutsch., p. 162 ; Blanford Persia, p. 35 ; Danford and Alston, P. Z. S., 

 1877, p. 272 and 1880, p. 52 ; Elliot Monog. Felidae no. 29. 



Felis sylvestris, Schreber Sdugetk., iii, p. 397 (ijjS) ; Blytk Cat., no. 182, 

 p. 62. 



Distribution — Europe generally, extending eastwards into Persia 

 (Blanford) and Asia Minor (Alston). 



u. Stuffed, skull Scotland Sir W. Jardine, 1843, A.S.B, 



Felis pardina. 



Felis pardina, Temminch Monogr. Mamm., i, p. 116 (1827) ; Elliot Monog. 



Felidae no. 37. 

 Lyncus pardinns, Gray List Mamm., B. M., p. 46 (1843) ; id. Cat. Cam, 



Mamm., p. 38 (1869). 



Distribution— ?oi\.wgs\, Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, Turkey and Asia 

 Minor. 



u. Stuffed Sardinia British Museum [Ex.] 



Felis canadensis. 



Felis canadensis, Desmarest N. Diet, d' Hist. Nat,, vi, p. 108 (l8l6) ; Elliot 



Monog. Felidae no. 36. 

 'ynx canadensis, Rafinesque Amer. Month. Mag., ii, p. 46 (1817)*. 

 Felis borealis, Temminck Monogr. Mamm., i, p. 109 (1827), 

 Lyncus canadensis, Gray List Mamm., B. M., p, 46 (1843) i '^ Cat, Carn. 



Mamm., p. 37. 

 Ltqcus borealis, DtXey Nex York Zool., p 5 '1843). 



