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OCELOT. 
Our fine adult specimen, with very long canine teeth sug- 
gestive of those of the saber-toothed tiger, really belongs 
in the Lion House, but we dare not move it, for fear the 
change would in some manner prove fatal to it. It is an 
animal of vicious temper, and makes friends with no one. 
The half light of its cage is a welcome approach to the 
dense shadows in which it lives when at home. 
The Jungle Cat, (Ff. bengalensis), is a small and incon- 
spicuous type, as befits an animal which lives by stealth in 
densely populated regions. The Ocelot, (Felis pardalis), of 
South and Central America, is a small spotted cat which 
very often is called a ‘‘young jaguar.’’ In size it is the 
third largest Felis of the American continent; but for all 
that, it is so small that an adult specimen would not make 
more than one square meal for a hungry jaguar. It is 
found from southern Texas to southern Brazil. 
The little Margay Cat, (F. tigrina), is our smallest and 
also rarest spotted cat. It is no larger than a good-sized 
domestic cat, and its tawny ground-color is marked all over 
with round spots. The rarest American feline in our pos- 
session is the queer, otter-like Yaguarundi Cat, (F. yagua- 
rundi), of a uniform gray-brown color, without spots. It 
is found in southern Texas and Mexico, and is so seldom 
seen in captivity that comparatively few persons north of 
the Rio Grande are aware of its existence. Our specimen 
came from Brownsville, Texas. 
