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Dark Var. 



Syn. — Felis melas, Pdron, apud Gray : List. 



" Rimau Kumbang,"* of the Malays of the Peninsula. 



The ground colour is a shining beetle-brown, mixed with white 

 hairs, not however sufficiently to impart a grey appearance. The black 

 spots become distinctly visible in certain lights only. The skin of a 

 male killed at Malacca, measured from the nose to the root of the tail 

 four feet four and a half inches, the tail two feet ten and a half inches. 



The Leopards of the Malayan Peninsula appear to attain to a larger 

 size, and to be more ferocious than is generally the case in India. In- 

 stances of their having killed and carried off Malays are on record. 



Felis marmorata, Martin, 



Syn. — Felis Diardii, Fischer, apud Schinz. 



Felis Diardii, apud Jardine. Tab. 21 and 22. 



Leopardus marmoratus, Gray : List. 



" Rimau dahan" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



The ground colour varies from rusty- grey, or fulvous to grey, and the 

 black markings are scarcely quite alike in any two individuals, nor is the 

 extremity of the tail constantly black. The adult exceeds the size given 

 in the original description ; a female measured from the apex of the 

 nose to the root of the tail two feet half an inch ; the tail one foot nine 

 inches. The species is numerous. 



Felis javanensis, Desmarest. 



Syn. — Felis javanensis, Desmarest, apud Horsfield. 



" Kuwuk," Horsfield. 



Felis minuta, Temminck, 

 Felis servalin, Temminck, 

 Felis sumatrana, Horsfield, f P 

 Felis undata, Desmarest, 



* " Kumbang" signifies a beetle ; applied par excellence to a species of Oryctes, 

 resembling Scarabeus nasicornis, Linne, which is very destructive to cocoanut planta- 

 tions. " Rimau Kumbang," Raffles, is by Schinz referred to Felis Pardus, Temminck, 

 Var. nigra, Muller; Felis melas, F. Cuvier, the habitat of which is said to be Java 

 and Sumatra. 



