14 PRIMATES, CARNIVORES AND UNGULATES 



a. length of head and body more than 3 ft. F.NEBULOSA. 



b. length of head and body less than 2ft. F.MARMORATA. 



D. Back and sides unevenly spotted F. BENGALENSIS. 



E. Back and sides unmarked 



a. head and body about 30 inches, tail 20 inches 



long ... ... ... F. TEMMINCKI. 



b. head and body about 24 inches, tail 6 inches 



long ... ... ... F. PLANICEPS. 



12. FELIS TIGRIS, Linn. The Tiger. Blanford, p. 58. Flower, 



P. Z. S. 1900, p. 322. 



Malay name " Harimau." 



Back and sides ochraceous to buff fading to white on the 

 under surface ; barred throughout with black except on the 

 lower legs and feet. Head and body about 70 inches. 



Throughout the Peninsula and Singapore. Flower states 

 that tigers seem to be entirely absent from Penang but they 

 have since been recorded. 



13. Eelis PARDUS, Linn. The Leopard or Panther. 



Blanford, p. 67. 



Two forms of the leopard occur locally, a pale and a black 

 {Felis melas of some authors). The presence of the latter 

 variety has been connected with dense forests and a moist 

 atmosphere : south of Malacca it practically replaces the other 

 entirely. 



Felis pardus typicus : — Ground colour above a variable 

 brownish yellow, below whitish ; rosettes and spots blackish. 

 Malay name " Eimau bintang." 



F. p. melas: — Ground colour throughout chestnut black ; 

 rosettes darker, lustrous, distinctly visible. Malay name 

 " Bimau kumbong." Head and body about 480 inches. 



Throughout the Peninsula, Singapore and (?)Penang. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



