FELIS GRACILIS. 
Ord. IIP? Carnassiers, Cuvier. 
Grd. III. Feile, Linn. Syst 
Ord. XII. Falculata, Hliger. 
FELIS, Linn. Briss. Erxleb. Cuv. Geqff. 11%. 
Character genericus. — Fide Felis javanensis. 
Sect. Prionodontid^e, Nob. 
Den-Hum formula • Inch, t, Canini \E\, Molares j^EE*. 
Molares omnes multicuspides, superiorum quartos maximus gradu lateral] mediocri 
auctus, quintus tritorius. Infra quhitus maximus, acie externa postica longissima, 
acutissima. Rostrum elongatum, rhinario prominulo. Corpus codario et pilis 
densis vestitum, Cauda longissima. Pedes digitigradi pentadactyli. Ungues : 
falculse retractiles parva? acuminata;. 
Felis cauda elongata annulata cylindrical corpora dilute-flavescente, fasciis clorsalibus 
quatuor latissimis, analibus duabus angustis, striis lateralibus duabus latis, 
ccrviealibus angustis, maculis humeralibus et femoralibus pluribus, annulisque 
cauda; septeui saturatissime fuscis. 
Delundung, of the Javanese, 
Viverra? Linsang. Hardwicke in Linn. Trans. Vol. XIII. p. 235* 
BEFORE proceeding to the description of the subject of this article, I have 
thought it proper to give a detailed comparative survey of the genera to which it is 
nearest allied, in order to exhibit the views by which I have been guided in 
pointing out its natural affinity. If I have been mistaken in the genus under 
which it is arranged, my object is still obtained, if I have shewn that it partakes 
of the characters of Telis as well as of Viverra, and that, in a natural arrange- 
ment, it stands between these two genera, or forms a link by which they are 
connected. 
* General Hardwicke has, with a laudable zeal to extend our knowledge of Indian Zoology, which is greatly 
indebted to his extensive researches, communicated, in 1H20, a cotuisc description of this interesting animal to the 
Linneun Society. As the teeth in the specimen examined by him were wanting, the genus remained doubtful ; and as 
his specific denomination is the native name of another Javanese animal, (a species of Lutra), it cannot with pro- 
priety be applied to tills ; and I have therefore substituted gracilis, as applying peculiarly to its form. 
