THE HUNTING LEOPARD. 



Generic Characters. 

 Six cutting, and two canine teeth in each jaw. 

 Five toes before, four behind. 



Sharp hooked claws, lodged in a fheath, that may be extended or 



drawn in at pleafure. 

 Round head, fhort vifage, and rough tongue. 



Synonims. 

 Felis jubata, Schreber, cv. 

 Le Glteparp, de Bujfon, xiii. 24Q. 

 Le Leopard, Voy. de Boullaye-le-gouz, 248. 

 Hunting Leopard, Pennant Hift. Quad. vol. i. p. 284. 



THIS creature, notwithstanding the natural ferocity attached to its 

 genus, is frequently tamed by the Indian hunters, and rendered fubfervient 

 to their interefts, in purfuing Antelopes, Jackalls, and other beafts of 

 chafe. 



It is about the fize of a large Greyhound, with a fmall head, fhort ears, 

 narrow cheft, and long legs. Its face, chin, and throat, are of a light brown 

 colour, inclining to yellow; the irides of its eyes are of a pale orange; the 

 end of the nofe is black. From each corner of the mouth, to that of each 

 eye, runs a dufky line : the ears are tawny, and marked with a brown Itripe. 

 The body is of a tawny brown, diversified with round black fpots; the 

 infides of the legs, however, are plain, and the belly is white. The hair on 

 the top of the neck is longer than the reft; the tail is of a confiderable 

 length, of a red dull brown colour, and marked on the upper furface with 

 black fpots. 



