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FELIS. CAT. 
Generic Character, 
Denies Primores intermedii 
sequales. 
Molares terni. 
Lingua retrorsum aculeata 
Ungues retractiles. 
FronUteeth six; the interme- 
diate ones equal. 
Grinders three on each side. 
Tongue aculeated backwards. 
Claivs retractile. 
LION. 
Fells Leo. T. cauda elongata, corpore helvolo. Li/i. Si/st, Nat, 
p, 60, 
Cat of a pale tawny or dun colour, with long tail, flocky at the 
tip. 
jF. Cauda elongata Jloccosaj thoracejubato, Lin. Syst. Nat, ed. 6. 
Felis Cauda in floccum desinente. Briss, Qnadr, i. p, 194. 
Leo. Gesn. Quadr. ^72. Aldr. dig. 2. 
Lion. Buff', g. p. i.pl. 2. 
Lion. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 274. 
TThE Lion is principally an inhabitant of Africa, 
but is also found, though far less plentifully, in 
the hotter regions of Asia. It is, however^ in 
the interior of Africa that he exerts his greatest 
ravages, and reigns superior among the weaker 
