B. AOKI : 



Ord. CARNIVORA. 



Trunk CARNIVORA PISSIPEDIA. 

 Sub-Ord. HERPESTOIDEA. 1 



Pam. FZLIDiE. 



Gen. Felis" Linn. 



Felis, Linnaeus, S. N., (10), p. 41 (1758) ; Sclater, Cat. Mamm. 

 Ind. Mus., ii, p. 212 (1891). 



123. Felis bengalensis Ken-. 



Felis bengalensis, Kerr., Anim. Kingd., p. 151 (1792); Blyth, Cat., 

 p. 60; ibid., P. Z. S., 1863, p. 184; Jerdon, Mamm., p. 105; Anderson, 

 Anat. Zool. Res., p. 164 (1878); Elliot, Monogr. Felidoe, pi. xxi ; 

 Blanford, P. Z. S., 1887, p. 627 ; ibid., Fauna Brit. Ind. Mamm., p. 78 

 (1888—91); Flower, P. Z. S., 1900, p. 325. 



Felis chinensis, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H., 1837, i, p. 577 ; ibid., 

 P. Z. S., 1867, pp. 274, 400; Swinhoe, ibid., 1870, p. 629. 



Nom. Ang. Chinese tiger-cat or Leopard-cat. 



DlST. Common in the Himalayas as far west as Simla, Lower 

 Bengal, Assam, the Burmese and Malayan Countries, S. China, Sumatra, 

 Java, Borneo and Philippines (Blanford) ; Formosa (Swinhoe). 



1) Other synonyms of Subord. Herpestoidea Winge are as follows (Weber) : — 

 Aeluroidea Flower; Epimycteri cope. 



2) Other synonyms of Gen. Felis are as follows (Sclater): — 



Leo Gray, 1843; Tigris Gray, 1843; Leopardus Gray, 1843; Caracal Gray, 1843; 

 Chans Gray, 1843; Lynchus Oray, 1843; Uncia Gray, 1854; Ailitriwi Gervais, 1855; 

 Neofelis Gray, 1867; Catolynx Gray, 1867; Viverriceps Gray, 1867; Serval Gray, 1874; 

 Pyrofclis Gray, 1874. 



