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longer fur, this giving the animal the appearance of more robust 

 legs and less tapering tail. The skull and teeth differ only in 

 the greater average size of fully adult individuals, a character 



FI8. 98. i 



Felis silvestris (upper figure) and F. catus (lower figure). Nat. size. 



most readily appreciable in the teeth. IfTtWenty European 

 specimens of Felis silvestris and a like number of F. catus the 

 extremes for certain dental measurements are as follows : — 



Combined length of upper carnassial silvestris. catus. 



and .pro 3 16-6 to 20-0 .. 15-0 to 17-8 



Combined length of lower cheek-teeth 18-8 „ 23-6 .. 18-0 „ 20-4 



Lowermolar 7-8 „ 100 .. 6-6 „ 8-6 



Felis silvestris silvestris Schreber. 



1758. [Felis] catus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., I, 10th ed., p. 42 (part; synonyms 



only, the description refers to the domestic cat). 

 1777. Felis (Catus) silvestris Schreber, Saugthiere, in, p. 397. 

 1777. [FeUs catus] ferus Erxleben, Syst. Eegni Anim., i, p. 518. 

 1857. FeUs catus Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 162 (Not of 



Linnaeus). 

 1896. Catus ferox Martorelli, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat., Milano, xxxv, p. 253, 



January, 1896 (Accidental renaming of Catus ferus Brehm, Illustr. 



Thierleben, i, p. 275, 1863). 

 1907. Felis sylvestris Pocoek, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, p. 150, June 12, 



1907. 

 1910. Felis silvestris Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 98. 



Type locality.— Germany. 



Geographical distribution,-~-Centr&\ and southern continental 



