350 A YEAR IN BRAZIL. 



Jaguars,* giving it the Brazilian name of onga verdadeira or 

 pintada \ and likewise mentions the Jaguarapara (river jaguar), a 

 smaller animal, also called onga pintada, of which, he says, it is 

 much fiercer than the preceding. The Indian name was jaguara 

 tyrye, or jaguar to avoid ; thence, by an easy transmutation, the 

 popular term ' tigre ' of Captain Burton. 



"The two species of Suguarana climb trees. They both flee 

 from men and dogs ; even a child on horseback frightens them. 

 They are not seen near much-inhabited places. They chase the 

 deer in the campos,t and make occasional inroads into the flocks, 

 especially the Suguarana do lombo preto. They frequent caves 

 more than the other Felidaa, and enter them in pursuit of pacas 

 and agoutis." 



Of the four species of onga mentioned by Captain Burton, two 

 are placed by M. Liais among the jaguars, one among the pumas, 

 and the remaining species (No. 2) is the ocelot. 



Ocelot. 



I procured two skins of the grey ocelot, Felis grisea, at Per- 

 nambuco, near which place the animal is tolerably plentiful. It is 

 known in Brazil by the name of Cangugu, or Acanga-assu (large 

 head). 



Wolf, or Lobo {Digitigrada). 



Canisjubatus (Desm.), Canidse. The following extracts from 

 M. Liais's % volume may be of interest in respect to this animal, 

 whose voice I heard occasionally, who passed by my tent one 

 night, but whose footprints alone I saw. 



" From the standpoint of food habits {regime alimentaire), 

 the two species of the genus Cams the furthest removed are the 

 common wolf of Europe, a fierce and sanguinary animal, the most 

 carnivorous of all the species of genus, and the Aguara or Guara 

 of Brazil, Canis jubatus of Desmarest, very improperly called in 

 Minas Geraes lobo (the Portuguese word for 'wolf'), and de- 



* "Climats, Faune," etc., pp. 445, etsej. 



t The only sight I had of a deer was the fore-leg of one, sent me from 

 Pitanguy. 



X Pages 469, 471. 



