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SOUTH AFBICAN MAMMALS 



Gynailurus jubatus guttatus. Hunting Leopard. 

 Tier or Jacht Tier [Tijger). 



Panther, of the colonials. Cheetah, of the Anglo- 

 Indian, which is the name generally given to it in the 

 Natural History works. 



Fig. 16. — Hunting Leopard, or Cheetah. 



This graceful creature is placed in a separate genus by 

 itself, mainly on account of its claws being only partially 

 retractile. In general coloration it is of an ochreous 

 yellow, more sandy in some individuals, profusely marked 

 with solid rounded black spots. As a rule, the upper 

 portions of the body are darker and more inclined to 

 reddish than the lower. The hair is thick on the nape 

 and shoulders, standing up in the form of a mane or 



