Clafsl. WILDCAT. 47 



The W' I L D C A T. 



Fells pilis ex fufco flavicantc, et Morton Northampt. 443. 



albido variegatis veltita, Cauda Gejner quad. 325. 



annulisalternatim nigris etex Catus iylveftris ferus I'tl feral'S 



fordide albo flavicantibas eques arbcrum, Klein quad. 



cinda, Brijjhi quad. 192. 75. 



Ds BiifonfTom. v\. 20. Tab. i. Br. Zool. 22. 



NAMES. 

 Brit. Cath goed Germ. Wilde katze,Boiitr<ruttcr 



Fren. Le Chat Sauvage Dan. Vild kat 



^.3;?, Gato Monsis 



J^""!"^ H I S animal does not differ fpecifically from the 

 Jl tame cat; the latter being originally of the 

 fame kind, but altered in color, and in fome other tri- 

 fling accidents, as are common to animals reclaimed 

 from the woods and domedicated. 



The cat in its favage ftate is three or four times as 

 large as the houfe-cat; the head larger, and the face 

 flatter. The teeth and claws, tremendous ; its muf- 

 cles very ftrong ; as being formed for rapine ; the 

 tail is of a moderate length, but very thick and flat, 

 marked with alternate bars of black and white, the 

 end always black: the hips and'- hind part of the 

 lower joints of the leg, are always black : the fur is 

 very foft and fine : the general colour of thefe ani- 

 mals is of a yellowifli white, mixed with a deep grey: 

 thefe colors, though they appear at firfi fight con- 

 fufedly blended together, yet on a clofe infpe6lion 

 will be found to be difpofed like the flreaks on the 

 Hdn of the tiger, pointing from the back downwards, 

 rifing from a black lift that runs from the head along 

 the middle of the back to the tail. 



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