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CAPE CAT. 
wards, with black ; the shoulders and body marked 
both with stripes and large oblong black spots ; on 
the legs the spots are small : the breast, belly, and 
insides of the limbs, are whitish : the tail is long, 
and marked with black, grey, and fulvous. It 
resides principally on trees, preying on birds : it 
is said to breed in the hollows of trees, and to 
bring but two young at a birth. It is very fierce 
and untameable. 
CAPE CAT. 
Felis Capensis. JF*. cauda siibelongata fusca nigro maculata, cor^ 
pore fiiko supra macuUs mrgatis infra orbicularibus, auriculis 
nudis macula lunata alba. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. Si. 
Fulvous Cat, with subelongated tail annulated with Black j the 
body marked with black stripes above 3 with roundish and 
lunated black spots on the other parts, and a lunated white 
bar on the ears. 
Cape Cat. Fennant Quadr. i.p. 291. 
Felis Capensis. Cape Cat. Miller Cimelia Fhysica. pi. 39, 
This elegant species inhabits the neighbour- 
hood of the Cape of Good Hope, and is described 
in the Philosophical Transactions, vol. 71, by Dr. 
Forster. In its manners it seems extremely to 
resemble the common Cat ; frequenting trees, and 
preying on the smaller animals. The specimen 
described by Dr. Forster was not more than nine 
months old, and had been taken quite young. It 
was perfectly tame and gentle, and had all the 
actions and manners of a domestic Cat. Dr. 
Forster imagines it to be the same species with 
