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CARNIVORA. 
Genus FELIS, Linn.’ 
(including Leo, Leopardus, Lynx, Tigris, Uncia, &c.). 
Dentition:—I. 2, C. 4, Pm. >”, M. ;- 

° i? mM. 2 
Pelis leo, Linn.’ 
Syn. Felis spelea, Goldf.? 
Hab. 
cene). 
28553. 
(4g) 
Africa and South-western Asia (Recent) ; Europe (Pleisto- 
The nearly complete cranium and mandible, wanting the 
zygomatic arches, two upper incisors, and the first and 
second upper premolars of either side; from the Gailen- 
_—reuth Cave, Franconia. This specimen is described and 
17921. 
Fug.) 
43681. 
40967. 
44920. 
figured by Owen in the Phil. Trans. 1859, p. 317, pl. xi. 
figs. 1, la. Purchased, 1853. 
Part of the right maxilla and premaxilla, containing the 
third incisor, canine, pm. 3, and pm. 4, from Kent’s-Hole 
Cavern, Torquay. This specimen belonged to a male, and 
is described and figured in Owen’s ‘ British Fossil Mam- 
mals and Birds,’ pp. 161, 164, fig. 63 ; and is described in 
Dawkins and Sanford’s ‘ British Pleistocene Mammalia’ 
(Pal. Soc. 1866), p. 31. 
Mcknery Collection. Purchased, 1842. 
The right upper canine; from the cavernous fissures of 
Oreston, near Plymouth; identical in form with the 
corresponding tooth of No. 17921. Purchased, 1872. 
Two fragments of the right ramus of the mandible, contain- 
ing the canine and the third and fourth premolars, in an 
unworn condition ; from the Pleistocene of Crayford, Kent. 
Purchased, 1868. 
The anterior half of the right ramus of the mandible ; from 
the Pleistocene of Ilford, Essex. The specimen is broken 
off behind the carnassial; and, with the exception of a 
portion of the last premolar, the crowns of all the cheek- 
teeth are wanting ; the symphysis is entire, and there are 
three mentary foramina. This specimen is noticed -by 
Dawkins and Sanford in their ‘ Monograph of the British 
Pleistocene Mammalia’ (Pal. Soc. 1866), pt. 1, p. 4, and 
' Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 60 (1766). * Loe, cit, 
* Nova Acta Ac. Cas. Leop.-Car. vol. x. p. 489 (1821). 
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