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i$a Mammalia. fer^. Cat, 



breaft, belly, and infides of the limbs, are white, and thefe, with the legs and rump, are marked with 

 round black fpots ; the ears are large, and of a dufky colour, having a white fpot on the middle of 

 each on the outfide ; between each eye and the nofe is a white line, and another beneath each eye ; 

 the whifkers are white; the tail is long, full of hair, of a brown colour, and annulated with black. 

 This animal fwam on board a fhip at anchor off the coaft of Bengal, and produced yoiing afterwards 

 with female Cats in England. 



■6 1 6. Cape Tiger- Cat. — 13. Felis capenfis. 14. 



The body is of a bright tawny colour, marked on the back with oblong black ftreaks, 

 and on the fides with numerous fmall round black fpots. 



Cape Tiger-Cat. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 162. Forfter, Phil. Tranf. vol. lxxi. p. 1. n. 1. 1. 1. — 



Nfuffi. Labat, iEthiop. i. 177. 



Inhabits the woody mountains at the Cape of Good Hope. — The fpecimen feen and defcribed by 

 Mr Pennant was near three feet long from the nofe to the origin of the tail ; the face was marked 

 with black ftripes pointing downwards ; the belly white ; the tail long, of a bright tawny colour, and 

 fpotted with black ; the ears are marked with a femilunar white fpot : This animal is of mild difpofi- 

 tions, and is eafily tamed ; its manners refemble thofe of the Common Cat ; and, in its native woods, 

 it preys on hares, jerboas, and antilopes. 



277 17. Manul.— 14. Felis Manul, 15. 



The tail is furrounded with black rings ; the head is fpotted with black, and has two 

 very diftinft black flreaks on each fide. Pallas itin. iii. 692. n. 2. 



Inhabits the waftes of Mongul-Tartary, especially in the vicinity of the Selenga and Dfchida rivers, 

 and all the middle of northern Alia, from the Ural to the Amur. — This fpecies is about the £ze of a 

 Fox, and preys chiefly on the Daurian hare, and other fmall quadrupeds ; it loves open, woodlefs, 

 and rocky countries : The general colour of the body is tawny, mixed with a few white and brown 

 hairs j the head is large, and is fpeckled on the crown with black ; the cheeks have two dufky lines 

 running obliquely downwards from the eyes ; the feet are ftriped obliquely with black lines ; the tail 

 is of an equal thicknefs, and is furrounded with ten black rings* the three outermoft of which are al- 

 - moft contiguous ; the limbs are very ftrongly made. 



278 18 Serval. — 15. Felis Serval. 16. 



The upper part of the body is tawny, with white round the eyes ; the belly is white ; 

 the tail fhort ; and the whole body is fpotted with black. Erxleb. mam. 523. Schreber, 

 iii. 407. t. cviii. 



Chat-pard, or Tiger-Cat. Perr. anim. i. 108. t. 13. — Serval, or Mountain Cat. Sm. Buff. vii. 

 240. pi. ccxxxiv. 



Inhabits India and Thibet.— This animal is chiefly found in trees ; it flies from mankind, unlefs 

 when, attacked, and cannot be tamed. The eyes are extremely brilliant ; the whifkers are long and 



ftiff; 



