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Felis Diardii, Griffith, "1 A , n T . 



T , > Apud Gray : List. 



Leopardus javanensis, J 



" Rimau akar" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 



Hab. — Pinang, Malayan Peninsula. 



Java, Sumatra ? 



The ground colour in the Malayan individuals varies from pure grey 



to greyish brown or ferruginous. The largest adult male measured 



from the apex of the nose to the root of the tail one foot eleven and a 



half inches, the tail ten inches ; another of equal dimensions of the body 



had the tail eight inches in length. The intestinal canal was of the 



following dimensions : 



Small Intestines, . . . . . . 3 feet 8 inches. 



Large, . . „ 9£ „ 



Caecum, .. .. .. .. ,, 1 



In the scansorial habits of this very numerous species originates its 

 local denomination " akar," signifying a climber as well as a root. 



Felis planiceps, Vigors and Horsfield. 

 Syn. — Chaus (?) planiceps, Gray : List. 



" Kuching-utan," or " jalang" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — ^Malayan Peninsula. 



Sumatra, Borneo. 

 The Malayan individuals of this apparently not numerous species 

 differ from the Sumatran, originally described, in having the whitish 

 throat, chest and abdomen, and the inner side of the limbs undulated 

 with brown, transversal, interrupted bands. In none of the Malayan 

 wild cats is the length of the tail more variable. In a male, measuring 

 from the apex of the nose to the root of the tail two feet one and a half 

 inch, the tail, consisting of twelve gradually diminishing caudal vertebrae, 

 measured five and a half inches ; in another, one foot ten and three- 

 fourth inch in length from the nose to the root of the tail, the latter 

 organ measured two inches, consisting of four slightly decreasing verte- 

 brae, the last one of which was broad, flattened, and rounded at the poste- 

 rior extremity. It is of most ferocious habits, and untameable. In the 

 smaller individual the intestinal canal was of the following dimensions ; 



Small Intestines, . . . . 3 feet 6£ inches. 

 Large, .. .. ,, 5£ 



Caecum, „ Of 



