1875.] 



Cats. 



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Fam. Felidae. 



Cats. 



52. Felis tigeis (J. 104). 



Felts tig r is, Lin. ; Tigris regulis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. Kya, Arakan. 

 The Tiger. Common in the forests. 



53. F. paedtjs (J. 105). 



Felis pardusj Lin.; Leopardus pardus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 263. Theet-kya, 

 Arakan. 



The Pard. Also common ; and black individuals not rare in the Southern 

 Tenasserim provinces and Malayan peninsula. 



*54. F. maceocelxs (J. 107). 

 Felis macrocelis, Temminck; F.diardi, F. Cuvier. 



The clouded Tiger-cat. A skin has been obtained in the mountains which 

 separate Arakan from Pegu, and the species is probably of general occurrence 

 in the higher mountain forests. Crawfurd noticed a dressed skin of it in the 

 market at Bangkok. As the animal increases in age, its ground- hue 

 becomes more fulvescent, and there is much individual variation in its 

 markings. I have never seen it from the Malayan peninsula, but it in- 

 habits Sumatra and Borneo, as likewise the Eastern Himalayas, and the 

 islands of Formosa and Hainan; doubtless, therefore, the intervening 

 countries generally in suitable localities. Hodgson notes it from Tibet ! 



55. F. VIVEEEmA (J. 108). 

 Felis viverrina, Bennet, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 68. 



The fishing Tiger-cat. Tenasserim provinces, and probably the lowlands 

 generally of British Burma ; also Camboja, S. China, Formosa, and all suit- 

 able parts of India, with Ceylon. This animal has coarse fur, for a Felis, 

 and chiefly inhabits low watery situations, where it preys much on fish. 



*56. F. TOTDATA (J. 110). 



Felis undata, Demarest. TheeUhyoung, Arakan. 



The Leopard-cat. Generally diffused. Specimens from Arakan and 

 Tenasserim present the ordinary colours of Indian examples, with the 

 body-markings resembling those of Genetta afra. Dr. Gray describes F. 

 tenasserimensis* but I cannot perceive that the flat skin upon which this 

 is founded differs from ordinary F. undata. 



* P. Z. S. 1867, p. 400. 



