220 

 OARNJVORA. 



FELIDjE. 



FELIDJE. 



Genus, Felis. 



CAT. 



Gciicric Character. — G-i'inding teeth ^:-j. No tubercular grinder in the 

 lower jaw ; tongue armed with recurved horny papillffi ; claws retractile. 



WILD CAT. 



Felis catus. Linn. 



Specific Character. — Yellowish grey, with a dark longitudinal stripe along 

 the back, and numerous obscure transverse stripes on the sides ; tail of equal 

 tbickness throughout, less than half the length of the head and body, grey, 

 annulated and tipped with black. 



Felis catm. 



Feiis sylDotica, 

 Chat sauvage, 

 Wild Cat, 



LiKN. Fn. Sueo. 9.— Syst. Nat. I. p. 

 p. 232, sp. 366. Temji. Monogr. 

 An. p. 15. Jentns, Brit. Yert. p, 

 Deutsch. p. 162, fig. 101. 



Merrbtt, Pin. p. 169. 



BuEEON, Hist. Nat. YI. t. i. 



Pennant, Brit. Quad. I. p. 81. 



32. 6. Desmar. Mam. 

 p. 126. Flem. Brit. 

 14. Blas. Saugeth. 



Common Wild Cut, Jardine, Felinae, p. 248, t. xxix. 



It is impossible to take even the most casual view of 

 the form and structure of the family to which the present 



