FELIS SUMATRANA. 
Ord. HIT Carnassiers, Cuvier. 3 m . e Famille. Les Carnivores, 2 d0 Tribu, 
Digitigrades. 
Ord. III. Febjb, Linn. Syst. 
Ord. XII. Falculata, IUiger. Fam. 35, Sanguinaria. 
FELIS, Linn. Briss. Erxleb. Cuv. Geoff. J/%. 
Char. Gen. — Dentes Primores intermedii £equales. 'Molares supra utrinsecus qua- 
tuor, tertius maximus, iiiterius gradu laterali auctus, quartus tritorius (aliis 
iiuUus). Infra utrinsecus tres, tertius maximus. Rostrum breve, rhinario rotun- 
dato. Lingua retrorsum aculeata. Foiliculus supra anum nullus. Pedes digiti- 
gradi anticc pentadactyli, postice tetradactyli. Ungues; falcula? acutae retractiles. 
Felis cauda abbreviata apice fusca, corpore ex rlavescente griseo-ferruginco maculis 
atro-fuscis dorsalibus lineari-oblongis confluentibus, lateralibus angularibus irre- 
gularibus sparsis. 
THE name of Felis javanensis baving been applied to a subject described in 
the first number of these Researches, which appears to be peculiar to Java, the 
present species, which has been forwarded to the Museum of the Honourable East 
India Company by Sir Stamford Raffles, from the neighbouring Island of Sumatra, on 
which it lias hitherto been found exclusively, may with propriety be denominated Felis 
SumatraNa. In the article referred to, the resemblance which exists between the 
smaller species of this genus, hitherto described by authors, has been pointed out; 
and although between several it is very close, they possess, individually, characters 
too well defined, to allow them to be united into a single species. The Felis javanensis 
and the Felis bengalensis are most allied ; to these the Serval, the Felis galeopardus, 
approaches nearest in external characters ; the Felis undulata is readily distinguished 
by the transverse disposition of its marks ; and the Felis sumatrana possesses peculi- 
arities still more obvious and striking. All these species are natives of the East Indies : 
the same remark regarding the affinity of external characters, applies to the more 
numerous species of this genus which are found in North and South America. 
In size, in the proportion of the legs to the body, and in the shortness of the 
tail, our species agrees with the Felis javanensis ; it is also, like that animal, marked 
with four dark brown lines, consisting of oblong confluent spots, which commence 
on the forehead, between the eyes, and pass along the back to the root of the tail, 
