54 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
OTHER WILD CATS 
A HANDSOME leopard-like animal is 
the CLoupep Leoparp. It is the size of 
a small common leopard, but far gentler 
in disposition. Its fur is not spotted, but 
marked with clouded patches, outlined in 
gray and olive-brown. Its skin is among 
the most beautiful of the Cats. It is 
found in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, 
Sumatra, Formosa, and along the foot 
of the Himalaya from Nepal to Assam. 
Writing of two which he kept, Sir 
Stamford Raffles said: « No kitten could 
be more good-tempered. They were 
always courting intercourse with persons 
passing by, and in the expression of 
their countenance showed the greatest 
delight when noticed, throwing them- 
selves on their backs, and delighting in 
Photo by A $. Rudland & Sons 
FISHING-CAT 
This wild cat haunts the sides of rivers, and is an expert at catching fish 
gray and spotted, and those which are gray 
and striped, or “ whole-coloured.” There 
is no wholly gray wild cat, but several 
sandy-coloured species. All live on birds 
and small mammals, and probably most 
share the tame cat’s liking for fish. Among 
the gray-and-spotted cats are the MoTTLED 
Car of the Eastern Himalaya and Straits 
Settlements and islands; the TIBETAN 
Ticer-caT; the Fisuinc-cat of India and 
Ceylon, which is large enough to kill 
lambs, but lives much on fish and large 
marsh-snails; Grorrroy’s Cat, an Ameri- 
can species; the Leoparp-caT of Java and 
Japan, which seems to have gray fur in 
Photo by A. 8, Rudland & Sons 5 
Photo by A. S, Rudland & Sons 
CLOUDED LEOPARD 
It shares with the ocelot the first place among the highly ornamented cats 
being tickled and rubbed. On board ship 
there was a small dog, which used to play 
around the cage with the animal. It was 
amusing to watch the tenderness and play- 
fulness with which the latter came in con- 
tact with its smaller-sized companion.” 
Both specimens were procured from the 
banks of the Bencoolin River, in Sumatra. 
They are generally found near villages, and 
are not dreaded by the natives, except in 
so far that they destroy their poultry. 
The number of smaller leopard-cats 
and tiger-cats is very great. They fall, 
roughly, into three groups: those which 
are yellow and spotted, those which are 
MARBLED CAT 
Another beautifully marked cat. The tail is spotted and very long, the 
marbled markings being on the body only 
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