27G Notice of the Mammals of Tibet. [No. 124. 



twecn the typical pards of the south and of the north ; agrees with the 

 last in its massive form, long full fur and thick tail, which last, however, 

 is proportionally longer and hardly so thick. Macrocelis is further dis- 

 tinguished remarkably by the unusual length, slenderness, and insulation 

 of the canines. In these hills, Europeans frequently confound it with the 

 Leopards, thereby increasing the difficulty of deciding how many true 

 pards there be, though its dull hue, and the more chain-like linear form 

 of its marks ought at once to prevent such mistakes. In size too it is 

 considerably less than the true Leopard ; but its body has a length from 

 snout to vent of about 3^ feet, and the tail is nearly 3 feet more. I have 

 several skins procured in the Kachar of Nepal, in Sikim, and from 

 Digurchee in Tibet. The animal is most fierce and destructive among 

 the flocks.* 



3. Felis Lynchus, Lynchus Europoeus vel Vulgaris. Answers exactly 

 to the common type. Is never seen in India any where on this side of 

 the Hemaehal, but is common in Tibet. Possess two skins from Lassa, 

 one of which exhibits dimensions in excess of those usually ascribed to 

 the species by authors. Snout to rump 38 inches, tail 9£ inches. f 



4. Felis Nepalensis, necnon Bengalensis. Possess one skin brought 

 from beyond the snow, where however the species is rarer much than 

 in the Cisalpine forests. 



5. Felis Domesticus. The house Cat is common in Tibet. My collec- 

 tion exhibits from Lassa three skins, two black, and the third fawn and 

 white one, with 9 to 10 caudal rings on the paler ground. 



6. Felis Nigripectus, Mihi, new. % Size and general proportions of 

 Catus, structure typical. Fur very rich and soft, consisting mostly 

 of the inner woolly piles, the longer and hairy ones being scanter ; 

 average length of the latter 1£ inch, with some few hairs as much 

 as 2^ ; average length of the former or inner fleece, 1^ inch. General 

 hue rufescent pale cat-grey, like Chaus, but paler and fading into rufes- 

 cent hoary without any black tipt piles below and on the limbs : pads 



* Thaf this fine species, originally discovered in Sumatra, should also inhabit Tibet, 

 is a remarkable circumstance. — Cur. As. Soc. 



f There are four distinct species of European Lynxes ; and the dimensions above 

 given would seem to refer this one to F. cervaria : but 1 will prepare a monograph 

 of the group. — Ibid. 



X Clearly the F. manul of Pallas, a description of which may be found in Shaw's 

 Zoology, I, 362, and which Mr. Hodgson has thus the merit of further establishing, 

 inasmuch as it has been regarded as a doubtful species.— Ibid. 



