BLACK LEOrpARD. 
nearly of the same form and size as those of 
the Panther. 
The animal to which BufFon confines the 
iiame of Leopard, he says, is imnoticed by 
the ancients ; being a native of Senegal ^ 
Guinea, and other southern countries, which 
they had not discovered. It is larger than the 
Ounce, but considerably smaller than the 
Panther, being only about four feet in length, 
and the tail two, or two and a half. The hair 
on the back and sides is of a ycllov/ colour, 
more or less deep ; under the belly it is whitish ; 
and the spots, which are all annular, are 
smaller and less regularly disposed than those 
of either the Panther or the Ounce. The 
species of the Leopard is subje6l: to more vu^ 
rieties than that of the Panther ; and the 
Leopard skins differ much from each other, 
as well in the general colour of the hair as in 
that of the spots. 
The Panther, the Ounce, and the Leopard, 
are found only in Africa, and in the hottest 
climates of Asia : they have never been dif- 
fused over the cold, nor evcQ over the tempe- 
rate , 
