10 FELIDiE. 



Leo gambianus, Gray. 



Leo goorgTattensis, Omel. 8ro. 



Leo nobilis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. 



Blainv. OsUogr. Felis, t. 6 & 9. 



Hah. Asia; Africa. 



Skull, length 14| inches, width 9| inches. 



3. TIGEIS. 



Cheeks with spreading whiskers. Tail elongate, tapering at the 

 end. PupUs round. Skull — nose on same plane as the forehead ; 

 orbits of the skull moderate, incomplete behind. Nasals very large, 

 reaching beyond the back edge of the maxUlse. Internal nostrils 

 broad. Palate truncated behind. 

 Tigris, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. 



Tigris regalis. B-M. 



Felis tigris, lAnn. 



Tigris regalis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. 



Blainv. Ost6ogr. Felis, t. 7. 



Hah. Asia. 



Skull, length 14 inches, width lOJ inches. 



4. LEOPARDUS. 



Hair of head and neck uniform. Tail elongate (rarely shorter 

 than the body). Pupils round. Orbits of the skull moderate, in- 

 complete behind. Nose on same plane as the forehead. The upper 

 process of the intermaxUla very narrow, and much produced up the 

 side of the maxilla, often one-third the length of the nasal. 



Leopardua, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. 



t ILarge rose-spotted Leopards, 



1. Leopardus pardus. B.M. 



Felis leopardus, F. varia, et F. uncia, Schreb. 



Felis pardus, Linn. 



FeUs pantheia, Srxl 



Felis chalybeata, Herm. 



Felis niinor, Ettr. 



Felis antiquorum, Fischer. 



Felis poecilura, Valenc. 



Felis palsBopardus, JFUz. 



Leopardus pardus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. 



Blainv. OsUogr. JFelis, t. 8 ; Temm. Monogr, t. 9. f. 1 2. 



Var. Black, 



F. melas, P^ron ; F. fusca, Meyer. 



Hah. Southern Asia ; North, South, and West Africa. 

 Pupil round. — Bartlett ; Gray. 



