MAMMALIA. FERiE. Cat. 149 



7. Jaguar — 6. Felis Onca. 4. 



Of a yellowifh colour, marked with cornered annular fpots, which are yellow in the 

 middle. Schreber, iii. 383. t. cii. 



Felis onca. BrhT. quad. 196. Brown's nat. hift. of Jamaica, 4S5. — Brafilian Pardus, or Lynx, 

 called jaguar by the natives, and Onza by the Portugueze. Raj. quad. 168.— Tlatlauhqui oceloll, 

 or Mexican Tiger. Hernand. Mex. 498. — Jaguara. Marcgr. Brafil. 235. Pif. ind. 103. — Large 

 Tig;r, named Royal Tiger, by the Portugueze. Perr. anim. iii. 287. — Jaguar. Sm. ButF. v. 18;. 



pi. cxiv.— Braiiiian Tiger. Perm. hift. of quad. n. 158-.pl. xxxi. fig. 1. 



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Inhabits the hotteft parts of America, from Mexico to Buenos Ayres. — This fpecies grows to about 

 the fize of a Wolf, or large Dog, and fometimes larger. In manners and cruelty, though not in 

 courage, it refembles the Tiger, lying in wait for its prey and leaping on it, by furprife, with three 

 vaft bounds. It faftens on the fhoulders of horfes, and other large animals, and is of fuch amazing 

 ftrenotli as to carry oft* animals three times its own fize. It is laid to be fond of human flefli, and 

 that, when it has once tafted of this, it is rapacious of it for ever after; and is believed to prefer Ne- 

 groes to Europeans, and theie to American Indians. It even preys on fifties, and is faid fometimes 

 to attack the Alligator, fattening its claws into the eyes of that reptile, which irift'antly plunge to 

 the water, where both ufually perifh. The Jaguar is much afraid of fire, and is very cowardly be- 

 ing eattly put to flight, even by fhepherds dog,; it makes a great noife in the night, like the howling 

 of a hungry dog. The ground colour of the upper part of the body is yellowifh, and marked with 

 eye-like black fpots, compofed of fmaller fpots arranged in a circular figure, many of which are open 

 in the middle, while others have a fingle fpot in the center ; the belly is white, and fpotted with 

 black, as are the legs with fmaller fpots ; the tail is only half the length of the body, and is marked 

 with long black fpots. -Dr Gmelin fuppofes that the animal named Guign'a in Chili, which is de- 

 fcribed as of the Feline kind, having a long tail, and marked on the body with circular fpots, may 

 be confidered as a variety of this fpecies. 



8. Ocelot. — 7. Fells Partialis. 5. ' 



The upper part of the body is marked with long ftripes, and the fides and lower parts 

 with round fpots. Schreber, iii. 390. t. ciii. 



Felis Pardalis. BrhT. quad. 199. — Tlacoozelotl, or Tlalocelotl. Hernand. Mex. 512.— Ocelot^ 

 or Mexican Cat. Sm. Buff. vii. 243. pi, cexxxv. and cexxxvi. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 159. pi. xxxi. 

 fig. 2. 



Inhabits the hotter parts of America, particularly Terra firma, California, and New Spain. — The 

 Ocelot, when full grown, is about two feet and a half high, and four feet long. He is a cruel and 

 voracious animal, which cannot be tamed, yet fo cowardly that he flies from dogs and from men, 

 running up trees for fafety. Is faid to extend himfelf, as if dead, on the boughs of trees, to deceive 

 the monkeys, which, prompted by curiofity, approach fo near as to get within reach of his claws. 

 The upper parts of the body are of a bright tawny colour, and the lower parts whitifh ; all the up- 

 per parts being beautifully marked with black fpots and ftripes difpofed horizontally, while the legs 

 and belly are only fpotted ; the fides are ftriped with broad tawny and white lines ; the ears are 

 fliort, and are double at the edges, but without pencils »f hair ; there are five claws on the fore, and 



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