SERVAL. 
The Mountain Cat, according to Pennant, 
is an inhabitant of North America, grows very- 
fat, and is of a mild and gentle nature. It is 
the Felis Pardalis, of the Linnsan system, and 
of Brisson ; the American Mountain Cat, or 
Cat a Mountain, of Ray; and the Wild Ca^ 
rolInaCar, of BufFon's Supplement. Pennant 
describes it as having upright pointed ears, 
marked with two brown transverse bars ; the 
colour of the head, and whole upper part of 
the body, a reddish brown, marked with long 
narrow stripes on the back, and with numerous 
round small spots on the legs and sides ; the 
belly whitish ; the chin, and throat, of a pure 
white ; and the tail barred with black. The 
length of the animal, two feet ; that of it^s 
tail, eight inches. 
On a comparison of these accounts, it must 
appear that the Serval and Mountain Cat are 
kindred species, if not merely varieties of the 
same. 
What BulFon has quoted, from the Sieur 
Luihier, relative to Tiger Cats as large as a 
Ram, seems very little to the present purpose. 
That 
