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14.* Felis NEBULOSA, Griffith. The Clouded Leopard. 

 Blanford, p. 72. 



Malay name " Eimau akar." 



Inferior in size to the tiger and leopard only. Ground 

 colour greyish brown to buffy , paler or white below. Head 

 spotted above, neck and back striped with broad black patches, 

 sides blotched with large irregular dark patches wich darker 

 edge or else with uneven stripes. Lower parts and limbs 

 spotted. Tail thickly furred. Head and body about 40 inches. 



Throughout the Peninsula and (?) Singapore. 



15. FELIS MAEMOEATA, Martin. The Marbled Cat. 



Blanford, p. 74. ' 



Malay name " Eimau dahan." 



Head, throat, chest, front and inner sides of thighs bright 

 buff; body pale grey washed with buff on centre of back, 

 shoulders, limbs and tail; abdomen whitish. Head vermiculat- 

 ed with black ; back and sides marbled with darker black-edged 

 patches which become irregular black spots and blotches on the 

 limbs and tail ; two distinct black stripes down the top of head 

 and neck and another down the rump. Back of ears with pale 

 grey patches. Tail long and cylindrical, very densely furred. 

 Head and body about 20 inches. 



Throughout the Peninsula. 



16. Felis bengalensis, Kerr. The Leopard Cat. 



Blanford, p. 78. 



Malay name " Kuching utan." 



Above and outer sides of limbs pale brownish-buff, deepest 

 along the back ; below white. Head striped ; body and limbs 

 sprinkled with dark spots with are elongated along the back 

 where they appear to form broken lines. Head and body 

 about 24 inches. 



Throughout the Peninsula and Singapore. 



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