196 MOSTLY MAMMALS 
are now largely crossed with their somewhat remote cousin, 
the striped domesticated cat of Europe. 
The Persian cat, as we have seen, may probably be 
derived from Pallas’s cat, which has no sort of connection 
with the Egyptian cat; and the cross between the Persian 
and European ‘tabby,” now so common, is consequently 
a very mixed breed indeed. Finally, it is probable that 
the Siamese cat has an ancestry totally distinct from that 
of all the rest. 
