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The jaguaritica’ is a spotted cat, smaller than the puma; it ap- 
pears to be allied to the F. onca, but the spots tend to run into 
longitudinal stripes, and the animal is never more than five feet 
long. Two still smaller spotted kinds are known here, one of 
which is marked much like the jagwaritica, but on a grayish in- 
stead of a yellowish ground; the other has small black spots on 
an ochreous ground. 
Finally, there is a gray, unspotted species, not much larger 
than the domestic cat. All these small species are readily tamed 
if taken young. We had a jaguaritica kitten in the house for 
several weeks. When brought to us it was as large as a three- 
months-old domestic cat, and its eyes were not yet open. It soon 
learned to feed from an ordinary nursing bottle, and it became 
very affectionate and playful, following us around, and climbing 
into our laps when we sat down. Its cry was like that of a 
domestic kitten, but shorter and sharper. We had hopes of rear- 
ing it and carrying it to the United States, but after awhile, with- 
out any visible cause, it sickened and died. 
Foxes appear to be exclusively confined to the high prairies ; 
l believe that ‘the differeaces of color shown by individuals are 
only varietal A kind of wild dog is found in the forest, but we 
did nog obtain specimens, and I am unable to judge whether or 
not it is merely a form of the domestic dog which has run wild. 
The Mao pellado (literally bare-handed) is a reddish-brown dog- 
€ animal, one of the commonest mammals of this region; the 
legs are long, and on the lower part have only very short, scat- 
hairs, whence the name. It is nocturnal, wandering on the 
=“ woods and ravines, and occasionally visiting cornfields 
devour the tender ears. It also eats nestlings and eggs. Two 
1 
Onca vermelha on the Amazons; Pardo in Matto Grosso. Called also Suacu- 
- "a, 4 Guarany name meaning false deer, 
2 
Pes smaller spotted species and the gray one are called indiscriminately 
Lower o or forest cat in Rio Grande do Sul and in Matto Grosso. Ont e 
kind i the small spotted species are termed mavacajés, and only an uni- 
Thave not Snamed gato do matto. | 
ie apaya to name the species, partly because, writing in the field, I 
anasi Of reference at hand, and partiy because the nomenclature is still in 
Rites a spe eee will, of course, be much difference of opinion as to what consti- 
“parated, tia among these Felidæ, but so long as the various forms can be readily 
them as es: do not ordinarily cross with each other, it appears better to regard 
tion of t. Whether they are « species” or “races” or" varieties ” is a ques- 
very little im 7 
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