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STUDIES IN THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS 



As to the markings of the Serval in Fig. 17, it is not Hkely that 

 any one will take them for any other than consolidated Leopard 

 rosettes placed widely apart, and in places arranged in longitudinal 

 series.^ 



Fig. 17. — Serval, from a photograph by Ottomar Anechiitz. 



In Fig. 18 is given a Marbled Cat, which, although ancestrally 

 resetted, has its spotting undergoing obliteration, like the adult 

 Pumas and Lions. 



We now turn to the numerous variations in the markings of 

 Ocelots. 



' Note the black mark from the heel to tlie toes of hind-legs. It is an interesting 

 feature, to which I shall refer in another place. 



