5. NECPELIS. 



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Var. Black. 



Hob. North and South America. 



Pupil round. — Bartlett. 



Skull, length 7J inches, width 5| inches. .Nasals rather narrow, 

 with a central sunken line rather behind the back end of maxillse ; 

 cheeks in front of the orbits rather concave ; the upper part of the 

 intermaxilla much produced up the side of the nasal for one-third 

 the length of that bone. 



5. NEOFELIS. 



Skull elongate ; face broad, rather- produced, on the same plane 

 as the forehead. Nasal large, elongate. Orbit moderate, very in- 

 complete behind. Lower jaw truncated and high in front. Canine 

 teeth, upper and lower, very long, conical, with a sharp cutting 

 hinder edge; the front upper and lower false grinders distinct, early 

 deciduous. The front lateral process of the frontal bone rather 

 elongate. The hinder entrance to the nostrils very narrow, elon- 

 gate ; sides parallel ; front edges rounded. Pupil round JlSodgson), 

 oblong erect (Bartlett). 



Neofelis, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 265. 



Fig. 3. 



Neofelis macroeelis. 



This skuU most nearly resembles that of the celebrated fossil i^eZts 

 smilodon (Blainv. Osteogr. FeKs, t. 20), with a very much elongated 

 upper canine. 



1. Neofelis macroeelis. B.M. 



Felis macroeelis, Temm. 



Felis Diardii, Desmoul. 



Felis macroceloides, Hodgson. 



Felis nebulosa, H. Smith. 



Neofelis macroeelis, Qray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 266. fig. 3 fskull). 



