^-^^O LEOPARD. 
ance : it must also be added, that the major part 
of those composed by Linnaeus are remarkable 
for their truth and exactitude. 
LEOPARD. 
Felis Leopardus F. cauda mediocri, corpore fuhoy maculis sub- 
coadimatis nigris, Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. "j^j . 
C. with yellow body marked with subcontiguous black spots^ 
disposed in circles. 
Leopard. Bvff. p. i^i.pl. 14. 
Leopard. Pe7inant Qiiadr, 1. p. 2S2. 
This animal is best distinguished from the 
Panther by its paler yellow-colour, its smaller 
size, and the somewhat closer disposition of the 
spots which form its ocellated markings ; but to a 
mere general observer, the two animals are so 
extremely alike as to be frequently mistaken for 
each other. A true distinctive mark between the 
Leopard and Panther is by no means easy to 
communicate^ either by description, or even by 
figure. The principal difference is in size; the 
Leopard being considerably the smallest of the 
two ; the colour of the Panther is richer or more 
fulvous than that of the Leopard ; but this too is 
liable to a degree of uncertainty: the ocelli or 
rounded marks on the Panther are larger^ and 
more distinctly formed; but the character given 
by Mr. Pennant of the Panther, viz. a central 
spot in the middle of each, is by no means a 
permanent or truly distinctive mark; since the 
