354 BACKBONED ANIMALS. 
pure white. They are extremely ferocious, attacking the 
largest animals. In 1881 eight hundred and eighty-nine 
persons were killed by them alone in southern India, while 
the leopards killed two hundred and thirty-nine. Wallace 
records that, in one of the localities he was in (Singapore), 
the tigers, on an average, killed one native a day through- 
out the year. The young, generally two at a birth, are 
FIG. 375.—The tiger, showing slim body, muscular thighs, strong front-legs 
and paws, and short face with large teeth, all with sharp edges, especially 
one (the carzassza/) near the back in both jaws. 
carried about in the mouth, after the manner of the do- 
mestic cat. The ounce is an allied cat. The lion (Felis 
feo) is the royal member of the cat family, and justly so 
from its magnificent bearing. It is found in Africa and 
Asia, the two probably being merely varieties. The Afri- 
can lion is much more dreaded and displays greater 
cunning than its ally. The largest of these attain a 
length of nine feet, exclusive of the tail. The neck of 
the male is protected by a thick mane, giving them a 
