FELIS JAVANENSIS. 
Ord. III m f Carnassiers, Cuvier. 3™ Famille. Les Carnivores, S d 5 Tribu, 
Digitigrades. 
Ord. III. Ferjs, Linn. Syst. 
Ord. XII. Falculata, Iltiger. Fam. 35, Sanguinaria. 
FELIS, Linn. Briss. Erxleb. Cuv. Geoff. Illig. 
Char: Gen: — Denies Primores intermedii aequales. Molares supra utrinsecus qua- 
tuor, tertius maximus, interius gradu laterali auctus, quartus tritorius (aliis 
nullus). Infra utrinsecus tres, tertius maximus. Rostrum breve, rliinario rotun- 
dato. Lingua restorsum aculeata. Folliculm supra anum nullus. Pedes digiti- 
gradi antice pentadactyli, postice tetradactyli. Ungues : falcula? acuta? retractiles. 
Felis cauda abbreviate, corpore griseo-fusco, supra lineis quatuor fuliginosis dorso 
interrupts, lateribus maculis oblongis abdomine maculis subrotundis notato, gula 
fascia una, jugulo duabus fuliginosis. 
Kuwuk, of the Javanese. 
Chat de Java, Cuv. Mem. sur les especes du genre chat, Amu du Mus, torn. 14, 
pag. 159. «. 26. 
Felis javanensis, Desm. now. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 
Felis javanensis, Encycl. Method. 3Iammalogie l par M. A. G. Desmarest, 1820. 
THE subject of this article belongs to a subdivision of the genus Felis, which 
is characterized by a small size, somewhat elevated legs, a short tail, and by three 
grinders only in each jaw. In discriminating the numerous species which are 
arranged in this subdivision, a very careful comparison of the characters peculiar to 
each is required ; and in the figure which illustrates this subject, great care has been 
taken to afford an accurate representation of the Felis javanensis. Among the 
Indian species it may be confounded with the Bengal Cat of Pennant, with Felts 
Galeopardus of Desm, in Encycl., which is the Serval of M. Fred. Cuvier, and with 
Felis nndata of Desm. in Encycl. By means of an accurate description, accompanied 
by a faithful drawing, contained in the Museum of the Hon. East India Company, 
I have ascertained the Bengal Cat to be considerably larger; to have a different 
disposition of the marks on the breast, sides of the body, and tail, and different 
habits and manners. The peculiar characters of the Serval are accurately represented 
in the figure of M. Fred, Cuvier ; it is distingiiished by a darker colour ; by the 
