MAMMALIA. FER^. Cat. 151 



whitifh; the head is very fmall, with large eyes, and fomewhat pointed ears; the teeth are very large; 

 the claws are white, the outmoft claw on each fore foot being larger than the reft ; the body is long, 

 being five feet three inches from the nofe to the tail, which is two feet eight inches long. 



12. Couguar. — Felis Couguar. 

 The body is remarkably thin and iong. 



Couguar of Penfylvania. Sm. Buff. v. 200. pi. cxix. 



Inhabits the mountains of Penfylvania, Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia, in North America. — The 

 body, from the nofe to the tail, is five feet four inches long; die tail two feet fix inches; the fore 

 part of the body is one foot nine inches high : It is of a reddifh tawny colour above, and whitifh on 

 the lower parts of the body. 



13. Margay. — II. Fells tigrina. 13. 



The body is tawny on the upper parts, and marked with black ftreaks and fpots ; the 

 lower parts are whitilTi. Erxleb. mam. 517. n. 11. Schreber, iii. 396. t. cvi. 



Felis grifeo-flavefcens, of a yellowifh grey colour marked with black fpots. BriiT. quad. 193. — 

 Wild Tiger-Cat. Barrere, Fr. equin. 152. — Maraguao, or Maracaja. Marcgr. Braf. 233. — Tepe 

 Maxtlaton. Fernand. nov. hifp. 9. — Margay. Sm. Buff. vii. 249. pi. cexxxvii. — Cayenne Tiger-Cat. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. n. 163. 



Inhabits South America. — Is about the fize of a Common Cat, and has nearly the fame voice, but 

 is not capable of being tamed : It lives much on trees, preying on birds, and is very active, going by 

 leaps or bounds. 



14. Mexican Tiger-Cat. — Felis mexicana. 



Of a blue grey colour, marked with fliort black ftreaks. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 167. 



Inhabits New Spain — This animal is about four feet long, from nofe to tail, and three feet high; 

 the tail is fhorter, in proportion, than any of this divifion of the genus ; the eyes are fmall ; the hair is 

 very ftrong. 



15. Bengal Tiger-Cat. — Felis bengalenfis. 



The upper parts of the body are of a pale yellowifh brown colour, having three rows 

 of fhort black ftripes aiong the back, and a black perpendicular ftripe behind each 

 fhoulder. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 164. 



Inhabits Bengal. — This is a very elegant animal, which is rather lefs than the Common domeftic 

 Cat : The head, upper jaw, fides of the neck, the back, and the fides, are of a beautiful pale yellowifh 

 brown colour ; the head and face are ftriped downwards with black ; three rows of fhort black 

 ftreaks run along the back pointing towards the tail ; a black line is placed behind each fhoulder 

 pointing downwards ; the chin and throat are white, and furrounded with a black femicircle ; the 



breaft, 



