148 MAMMALIA. FF.RiE. Cat. 



Inhabits the northern parts of Africa, in Perfia, Hyrcania, and China, and in Siberia, about .the Altaic 

 and Buchanan mountains, and to the weft of Lake Baikal.— This animal is probably the Panthera of 

 Pliny, and the Uc^xXi; aA<yoT?§« of Oppian. It is confiderably lefs than the former fpecies of this ge- 

 nus, being about three feet and a half long, and the tail above three feet ; it is likewife of milder dif- 

 poiitions, may be tamed, and is even trained to the chafe of Antelopes and Hares, becoming as trac- 

 table as a well bred Pointer. The huntfman carries him to the field on the crupper of his faddle, 

 making him defcend after the game and jump up again at command. The ground colour is a whitifh 

 grey on the back and fides, and ftill whiter on the belly ; the head is marked with fmall round black 

 fpots, having a large one behind each ear ; the upper part of the neck has large fingle fpots; thofe 

 on the fides of the back are longitudinally oblong, and compofed each of feveral fmall fpots,' almofl 

 touching each other, and leaving a void in the middle; the reft of the fpots on the body are large, 

 irregularly figured, compofed of fmaller fpots, and filled in the middle; on the legs they are fmall, 

 and thinly difperfed ; the tail is full of hair, and irregularly marked with large black fpots. 



265 5. Leopard. — 5. Felu Leopardus. io. 



Of a yellow colour, marked with black fpots, which are almoft contiguous to each other. 

 Erxleben, mam. .509. n. 5. Schreber, iii. 387. t. ci. 



Uncia. Caj. op. 42. Gefn. quad. 825. — Leopard. Sm. Buff. v. 167. pi. cxiii. Perm. hift. of 

 quad. n. 154. 



Inhabits the warmer regions of Africa, efpecially on the weft fide, in Senegal and Guinea ; is alfo 

 found in Afia, on the mountains of Caucafus, and all the way from Perfia to China, and in Arabia. — 

 This fpecies is not much larger than the laft defcribed, being about four feet long, and the tail from 

 two to two and a half feet. The manners and difpofitions of the Leopard refemble thofe of the 

 Ounce, being greatly more mild and gentle than thofe of the Panther. The ground colour of the 

 hair on the back and fides is. yellow, beautifully, marked with numerous fmall annular, or rofe-like, 

 black fpots, fituated clofe to each other, each being compofed of four or five fingle fmall fpots ; the 

 . fpots on the face and legs are fingle ; the breaft and belly are covered with longer hairs than the reft 

 of the body, which are of a whitifh colour ; the tail is marked with large oblong fpots, and is of an 

 equal thicknefs from the origin to the extremity, The flefli of this fpecies is eaten by the Negroes, 

 and is faid to be as white as veal, and very well tafted. 



266 6. Leffer Leopard. — Fills Leopardalis. 



Like the former, but much fmaller, and having a large black fpot on each fide of the 

 Upper lip. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 155. 



This fpecies was kept, fome years ago, in the Tower of London, and was faid to have come from 

 the Eaft Indies. — The fize is very fmall, not being half fo large as the Leopard ; the tail is like- 

 wife fhorter, in proportion to the fize of the animal, and tapers to a point ; the back, fides, and rump, 

 are covered with bright yellow hair, marked with fmall circular compound fpots ; the belly is white, 

 and fpotted with black ; the face is fpotted, having a white chin ; and the breaft is marked with fmall 

 fpots. 



