OCELOT, 
This extremelY beautiful species of the fe- 
line race has received numerous appellations. 
According to Hernandez, who calls it the 
Catus Pardus Mexicanus, it's native Mexican 
nUme is Tlacoozelotl, or Tialocelotl; from, 
•whence, it should seem, BufFon has formed, 
in his random way, the more fam^iliarly sound- 
ing denomination, to European ears at least, 
of tlie Ocelot. It is the Felis Pardalis, of 
Linnaeus ; the Felis Rufa, of Brisson ; the 
Catus Pardus, or Catus Ferus Americanorom^ 
of Ray; the Felis Sylvestris, AmciicanuSy 
Tigrinus, of Seba, and of Schrei-*cr; rhe Tiger 
Cat, of Dampier; and the Mexican Car, of 
.Pennant. Goldsmith erroneouslv confounds 
it with the Cataniountain, or Mountain-Cat. 
As BufFon has given us th^e best figure and 
description of this animal, and we have copied 
the form^er, and arc now about to exiract the 
latter, it is but right to adopt his name : in- 
deed, that also is, in our opin!on,\he best 
which it has obtained. 
The Ocelot," says he, is an American 
animal. It is ferocious, and carnivorous : and 
may be ranked with the Jaguar and Coiiguar; 
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