MAMMALIA. FER^l. Cat. 155 



S. Long-headed Cat. — Fel. Catus aureus. 



Of a reddifh yellow colour, having a long (haped head with a {harp fnout, fhort legs 

 with weak claws, and round, flat ears. 



Penn. hift. of quad. n. 1 66. i. Seba, muf. i. 76. tab. xlvii. fig. 1. 

 Inhabits New Spain. 



(. Saca. — Fel. Catus madagafcarenfis. 

 Has the tail twifled. Sm. Buff, iv. 65. 



This is a beautiful variety, which inhabits the ifland of Madagalcar. 



~LYNXES.—LTNCES. 

 ** Having fhort tails, and the ears pencilled at the tips, 



1. Cafpian Lynx. — 16. F. Lynx Chaus. 17. 



The tail is annulated near the end, and tipt with black ; the body is of a brownifh yel- 

 low colour j the ears are reddifh on the outfide, and tipt with a pencil of black hairs. 

 Guldenftedt, Nov. com. Petrop. x. 483. t. xiv. and xv. Schrcber, iii. 414. t. ex. B. 



Cafpian Lynx. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 172. 



Inhabits the reeds and woods, in the marfhy places on the weftern fide of the Cafpian, particularly 

 on the river Terek, near the caftle of Kiflar ; in the Perfian provinces of Ghilan and Mafenderan, 

 and about the mouth of the Kur. — This is a very ferocious animal, about two and a half feet long, 

 and nineteen inches high, the tail being eleven inches in length : In manners, voice, and mode of 

 feeding, it refembles the Wild Cat very much ; it never comes near inhabited places, and feldom 

 climbs trees ; it conceals itfelf in the day, and wanders about during the night through the fields and 

 fwamps, feeding on fifh, mice, rats, and birds, which it Teizes by furprife, 



2. Mountain Lynx. — F. Lynx montana. 



Has upright pointed ears marked with two brown tranfverfe bars. Penn. hift. of quad. 

 n. 168. 



Chat-pard. Mem. pour fervir a l'hift. nat. i. Ho. — Catus parJus, Catus montanus, or Cat-a- 



mountain. Raj. quad. 169. Lev. muf. Arft. zool. n. 17. 



Inhabits North America. — This fpecies is of mild and gentle manners, and grows very fat : It is 

 about two feet and a half long from nofe to tail ; the head and whole upper parts of the body are of 

 a reddifh brown colour, with long narrow ftripes on the back., and numerous fmall round fpots on the 

 fides and legs ; the belly is whitifh; the elfin and throat are pure white; the tail is eight inches long, 

 and is barred with black. 



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