-CAPE CAT. 
animal belongs we are going to speak of more 
at large, offers three very easy and natural 
sub-divisions. The first, comprehends ani- 
mals related to the Cat-tribe, with long hair, or 
manes, on their necks— secondly, such as have 
remarkable long tails, without any marks of 
a mane on their necks — lastly, such as have a 
brush of hair on the tips of their ears, and 
shorter tails than the second subdivision. The 
first might be called, in Latin, Feles Jubatse ; 
the second subdivision, should be named 
iElures ; and the third and last, Lynces. In 
the first subdivision, the Lion ; and the Hunt- 
ing Leopard, or Indian Chittah ; belong. 
The second subdivision, consists of the Tiger; 
the Panther; the Leopard; the Ounce; the 
Puma; the Jaguarette ; the Jaguar; the 
Ocelot; the Gingey, of Congo; the Mara- 
kaya ; the Tiger-Cat, of the Cape, or the 
'Nsussi of Congo; the Thibetan Tiger-Cat, 
which I saw at Petersburgh ; the Common 
Bush-Cat, of the Cape ; and, lastly, the Wild 
Cat, and it's Domestic varieties. To the third 
division belong, the Lynx; the Caracal ; the 
Serval: the Bay Lynx; and the Ghaus, of 
Professor Guldenstedt. , 
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