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OCELOT. 
t'dis Pardalis. F* cauda don gat a, cor pore macuUs superiorihis 
virgatis, inferioribus orbkulatis. Lin. Sijst. Nat. Gmel. j9. 78. 
Longish-tailed C. with long stripe- shaped spots on the upper 
parts, and round ones on the lower. 
Felis rufa, in ventre ex albo flavicans, maculis nigris, in dorso 
longis, in ventre orbiculatis variegata. Briss, Quadr. p. 199. 
Catus Pardus, v. Catus ferus Americanorum. Raii Quadr, 169. 
Ocelot. Buff. i^,t. 
Mexican C. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 2Sy, 
The Ocelot or Pardalis is certainly one of the 
most beautiful of the present genus. In size it is 
almost equal to the Jaguar. Mr. Pennant de- 
scribes it as about four times the size of a large 
Cat. The ground-colour of the male is a bright 
reddish tawny above^ nearly white on the lower 
part of the sides^ breast, limbs, and belly. Seve- 
ral large, long, and variously inflected broad 
stripes^ of a deeper or richer tinge than the 
ground-colour, are disposed over the upper parts 
of the body; these stripes are edged with blacky 
and have also several differently shaped black 
. spots in the middle part. The head is streaked 
and spotted with black ; and the upper as well as 
under parts of the hmbs and the belly marked 
in a beautiful manner wdth small and nume- 
rous round spots: the tail is patched or spotted 
also. The colours of the female are less vivid, 
and more inclining to ash-colour. This is an ex- 
tremely ferocious animal, and inhabits the hotter 
parts of South America, where it is said to com- 
